UK Related
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Heavy Snowfall (1913)
A heavy snowfall hit southern Scotland and northern England, piling up snowdrifts as high as 3 meters (about 10 feet) in Perthshire and causing major disruptions to railway and postal services.
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East Coast Storm Surge (1978)
A powerful storm surge hit between January 11-12, bringing widespread coastal flooding and damaging piers and low-lying areas from the Humber to Kent in England. Thanks to upgraded flood defenses put in place after the devastating 1953 flood, the damage wasn’t as severe as it could have been.
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Storm Gero (2005)
A powerful gale tore through Northern Ireland and northwest Scotland, with winds hitting 134 mph (216 km/h) on North Rona and over 110 mph in the Hebrides. Paired with high tides, the storm triggered flooding, halted all ferry and train services in Scotland, and cut power to 85,000 homes.
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Non UK Related
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Great Plains, USA – “Children’s Blizzard” (Peak Impact Day)(1888)
On January 12, 1888, a sudden blizzard tore through Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota. In just hours, temperatures plummeted from +2°C to −37°C. Fierce whiteout conditions and winds of 60 km/h claimed over 235 lives, many of them schoolchildren caught on their way home, making it one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history.
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Northern Japan – Heavy Snow Event (1954)
On January 12, 1954, massive snowfall hit Honshu and Hokkaido, piling up to 2.2 meters in some mountain areas. Avalanches claimed 97 lives, and travel between Niigata and Yamagata was shut down for days. It’s still remembered as one of Japan’s deadliest midwinter snowstorms.
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Queensland, Australia – Tropical Cyclone Wanda Landfall (1975)
Cyclone Wanda made landfall near Brisbane on January 12, 1975, delivering over 300 mm of rain in 24 hours. The resulting flood engulfed much of Brisbane, destroying 6,700 homes. It remains Queensland’s worst flood event of the 20th century.
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Central Spain – Rare Heavy Snowfall (1982)
On January 12, 1982, Madrid and much of central Spain woke to an impressive snowfall of up to 30 cm, one of the heaviest in modern records for the area. The storm caused major disruptions to air travel and the power supply, and temperatures dropped to −10°C after it passed.
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Mozambique – Flooding of the Limpopo Basin (2001)
On January 12, 2001, heavy rains drenched the Limpopo River basin, dumping over 150 mm in just 24 hours. The flooding forced more than 40,000 people from their homes and ruined farmlands south of Xai-Xai, adding to the season’s severe flood disaster in southern Africa.
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Toowoomba, Australia – Flash Flood Disaster (2011)
On January 12, 2011, heavy rain dumping over 150 mm in just an hour triggered a devastating flash flood in Toowoomba, Queensland. In only 20 minutes, water levels rose more than two meters, sweeping away cars and causing the deaths of 21 people.
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