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Is the Met Office issuing more weather warnings than usual? Expert gives verdict

THE Met Office is issuing more weather warnings than before – perhaps in a "knee jerk" response to criticism of handling of recent…

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Red Cross calls for more investment to prepare UK for floods

Charity deployed crisis response teams following Bert and Darragh storms

The Independent UK

British Red Cross warns more investment needed to prepare UK for future floods

The charity deployed crisis response teams following Storm Bert and Storm Darragh in the past few weeks.

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Residents forced from homes by sinkhole hope to return within week

The sinkhole appeared after Storm Bert early on December 1.

Evening Standard

UK weather: Storm Darragh prompts red warning of ‘danger to life’ 90mph winds

Fourth named storm of season follows concern over lack of flood warnings for Storm Bert last week

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Ellen DeGeneres denies her UK farmhouse flooded

Ellen DeGeneres is shutting down a report suggestion her Storm Bert flooded her Cotswolds farmhouse.

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Ellen DeGeneres’s England home floods weeks after her move to the UK following Donald Trump’s victory

The flood was caused following the aftermath of Storm Bert

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Global trade tensions and cyber attacks ‘threaten UK economy’; UK Black Friday spending ‘up 12%’ – as it happened

Bank of England says global risks remain high, and the outlook has become more uncertain and riskier

The Guardian - UK

UK retail footfall dips again as Storm Bert and later Black Friday hit sales

Shopping centres worst affected but high streets and retail parks also down as total drops for second month in a row

The Guardian - UK

Flood-hit residents and businesses ‘lose everything’ after Storm Bert havoc

The third storm of the season, Storm Conall, followed just days after Storm Bert left hundreds of homes flooded and saw winds of more than 80mph.

Evening Standard

Storm Conall brings train cancellations and warning of possible power cuts

Rail travel disrupted in southern England after heavy rain, as parts of country still feel impact of Storm Bert

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Why was the UK so poorly prepared for extreme flooding?

In today’s newsletter: Our environment reporter on what went wrong following Storm Bert and whether widespread flooding might make the government to face up to the country’s leaky defences

The Guardian - UK

London weather: Storm Conall brings flooding to London as warning issued

It comes days after Storm Bert brought widespread chaos, flooding homes, roads and railway lines

Evening Standard

Silly storm names belie their danger

Letters: Storm Bert | Joy of old diaries | Slavery museums | Salt usage

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More than 500 properties in England and Wales were hit by Storm Bert floods

Ministers reveal extent of damage as Met Office issues latest severe weather warning for parts of southern England

The Guardian - UK

Storm Bert offers stark reminder of UK’s underfunded flood defences

Spending shortfall has seen 500 of 2,000 new protection projects abandoned despite growing severity of disasters

The Guardian - UK

Man arrested over property damage after tractor driven through flooded UK town

Man, 57, released on bail as police continue inquiries into incident in Tenbury Wells high street after Storm Bert

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Tractor creates devastating wave by driving through flooded UK town

A tractor caused a devastating wave of floodwater through a Worcestershire market town during Storm Bert on Sunday, 24 November.

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Police find driver using shoe laces to operate windscreen wipers during Storm Bert

An uninsured driver used shoe laces to operate his windscreen wipers during Storm Bert’s severe weather on Saturday, 23 November.

The Guardian - UK

More flooding likely this week after rain from Storm Bert, UK minister says

Warnings remain in England and Wales as ex Environment Agency chair says not enough is spent on flood defences

Evening Standard

More flooding ‘likely’ this week as Storm Bert clean-up continues

Hundreds of homes were left under water in England.

The Independent UK

Footballers turn flooded Gloucestershire pitch into swimming pool

Footballers turned a flooded Gloucestershire pitch into a swimming pool in the aftermath of Storm Bert.

Evening Standard

Ministers told ‘incompetence’ at Met Office led to underestimation of Storm Bert

Hundreds of homes were left under water, roads were turned into rivers and winds of more than 80mph were recorded across parts of the UK.

The Independent UK

Met Office accused of incompetence in ‘clear underestimation’ of Storm Bert as clear-up continues

The Met Office insists Storm Bert was ‘well forecast’ – but that hasn’t stopped criticism from some quarters

The Guardian - UK

Forecasters and flood defences under scrutiny after UK’s Storm Bert ordeal

Hundreds of properties flooded and Welsh town hit by landslip as major incident declared in Northamptonshire

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