Wild weather in the UK and around the world
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With Storm Jocelyn on the way, thousands of people are sill without power after Storm Isha has brought disruption to the electricity and transport networks across the UK. It followed a period of heavy snow across north west England, Wales and Scotland last week. Here big waves can be seen crashing next to the seafront in Blackpool.
The evidence of last week's snow can still be seen on the tops of mountains overlooking Falls of Dochart in Killin, Stirling in Scotland, where Storm Isha has brought strong winds and choppy waters.
The UK isn't the only place facing extreme weather. Ice formations have covered a pier in the town of Grand Haven in Michigan in the United States. Located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, the structure is almost completely frozen over. Major winter storms have brought dangerously cold temperatures to parts of the US over the last week.
Freezing cold temperatures and snow have also been seen across eastern Europe. Here a Eurasian lynx is seen in its enclosure at the Podilskyi Zoo, in Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.
Parts of Australia have seen very heavy rain. Here two spectators look on at a flooded tennis court, as wet weather delays play at the Australian Open in Melbourne in the south east of the country last week. In the north of the country, more than 100mm of rain has been recorded in the country's Northern Territory almost every day since 13 January and more storms and wet weather forecast for northern Australia in the coming days.
Meanwhile other parts of Australia are also experiencing extreme heat. In Paraburdoo (pictured), in Western Australia, temperatures rose to 47.9C (118F) on Saturday. Australia’s highest-ever recorded temperature was 50.7C (123F) at Onslow airport on the western coast in January 2022.
Two days of heavy rain has caused flooding and damage to buildings, bridges and roads in Tanzania - a country in east Africa. The coastal city of Dar es Salaam has been worst affected and most severe in neighbourhoods built along rivers that lead into the Indian Ocean. With roads unpassable, some schoolchildren and workers were forced to stay at home on Monday.
- Published22 January 2024
