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Winter weather forces schools to close
On Monday February 2nd 2009 the South East of England was hit by snow. I
know this is not unusual in many parts of the world, but it was
interesting to watch the whole region grind to a virtual standstill. At
the time of writing this article the major London airports of Heathrow,
Gatwick and London City were all closed. Stansted airport had been closed
but has just had one runway reopened. Travel chaos has ensued, the M25 is
closed in many places and many schools throughout the country have been
closed. The snow gave an added dimension, producing some very picturesque
scenes, many captured on camera
School closures
The dramatic change in the weather has meant that a number of areas are
experiencing transport problems. This means that many schools across the
country have been closed.
This table shows the
County Closed number of schools reported
South East closed. It is interesting
Essex 250+ to note that although the
snow is no heavier in the
Hertfordshire 100+
South East of England, one
Middlesex 80+ of the eastern cou5nties
Sussex 50+ has reported more than 250
North of its schools are closed.
Greater Manchester 100
This gave the children
Lancashire 70 lots time to play in the
Cumbria 34 snow, snowballing, making
Durham 70 snowmen and snow angels.
Northumberland 33
Temperatures recorded at
Yorkshire 1
one weather station in
Ross-on-Wye during the week read:
Maximum Minimum
2nd Feb 3 -1
3rd Feb 5 -3
4th Feb 5 -3
5th Feb 2 -1
6th Feb 2 -1
7th Feb 5 -3
8th Feb 4 -2
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