Last night a tornado ripped across Jersey, the Channel Isle better known as a tax haven and location for the detective series Bergerac.
Storm Ciarán, following close on the heels of Storm Babet just two weeks ago, has been driven by a powerful jet stream from the Atlantic, unleashing heavy rain and furious winds that have already caused heavy flooding in Northern Ireland and parts of Britain.Tornados happen mostly in North America, although a very small number are reported each year in the U.K. The Met Office has confirmed that a tornado hit Jersey on November 1.recorded in England and Wales in November.
Although rainfall patterns in the U.K. vary, the country is expected to experience wetter winters and drier summers. Summer rain will likely be more intense. For example, rainfall from an event that typically occurs once every two years in summer is expected to increase by around 25%. Friederike Otto, a climatologist at Imperial College London, said:"There are a lot of lines of evidence showing that autumn and winter storms like this are more damaging because of climate change. That's because the rainfall associated with these types of storms is more severe due to climate change, and the storm surges are higher and thus more damaging due to the higher sea levels."