Storm Goretti 'weather bomb' hits UK, as rare 'danger to life' warning comes into force | BBC News

People in newcastle are still not wearing coats 😂

2:05 man just casually strolls past 😂

It’s pretty windy in Cornwall Lost electricity already 🙄

Stop the pear forn,,,, been snowed in since new year day up here in the far north of the country and all the shops emptied of all essentials..

Its decimated cornwall 40,000 homes without electricity. Telegraph poles and multiple trees down, windows blown out.

I've Just Notice the heavy rain, which has turned into snow & I like looking at the snow out of my window it's getting quite deep 😮

In Scotland, we say there's no such thing as bad weather. Just bad clothing! Wear the right gear, you'll be fine!

So far storm Grotti has been a damp squib here on south coast opp Isle of whight. Bit of wind lot of rain but that’s it. Stay safe everyone wherever you are guys.❤❤👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🥃🥃☔️☔️

In the meantime, on the opposite side of the world, Sydney (the city itself) is bracing for a 43 degree Celsius day, and much of Australia is bracing for catastrophic fire conditions.

Victorian winters were often brutal and "exceptionally cold" due to the tail-end of the Little Ice Age, with rivers like the Thames freezing over, 40-foot snowdrifts, and temperatures plummeting, such as -10.5°C (13°F) in 1814 AD These harsh, long winters (notably 1881, 1895)AD