Britain freezes amid severe gas shortage

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Britain suffered its coldest January night in 15 years as gas storage stocks fell to critically low levels, with gas industry bosses trying to allay fears of a domestic energy shortage, the Guardian reports.

The Met Office said Friday night was the coldest January night in the UK for 15 years

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Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands recorded -18,9°C (-2°F) on Friday night – the lowest since 2010. The same village then recorded -22,3°C, making it one of the top 1961 coldest days since XNUMX.

Shap in Cumbria saw temperatures drop to -11C and the severe frosts spread south, where Heathrow Airport recorded -5C. Minus temperatures were seen across much of the country. Severe weather warnings have been extended until Tuesday, January 14.

On the eve, the British company Centrica reported that gas reserves in underground gas storage facilities had fallen to “worrying levels” due to a colder than usual winter and the interruption of Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine. The company said that gas reserves in the UK would last less than a week, they are 26% lower than at the same time last year and are about half full.

Network operator National Gas said gas supplies were sufficient to meet demand in freezing temperatures, despite warning last week that stocks were "worryingly low".

In Britain, natural gas accounted for more than half of the country's electricity, with renewables providing just a seventh of demand. Meanwhile, the UK Health Protection Agency said amid cold weather in England that deaths were likely to rise, particularly among people aged 65 and over or with underlying health conditions, due to the cold snap and icy conditions.
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  1. 0
    13 January 2025 15: 12
    Well, -20 is not -50)) You'll survive... But there will be less stench from the Brits!
  2. 0
    13 January 2025 17: 12
    Let them warm themselves by jumping - the crests are an example to them laughing
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    13 January 2025 22: 36
    Open the weather map, tonight the temperature is above zero all over the island. Does anyone believe that yesterday it was minus 20??? It has become a bad tradition to pull the wool over the reader's eyes.
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      14 January 2025 12: 42
      Open the weather map for Friday before you criticize. At the airport in Thane Range, about 60 km from the specified point, it was below -10C that night, quite possibly as low as -18C in the mountains.
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        16 January 2025 20: 47
        I didn't find anything about minus 10. I found that since Sunday at night from +3 to +8 all over the island. Even if at some point it hit -10 for a couple of hours, how can this be reconciled with the title of the article. All this reminds me of how in the first years of the SVO many hurray-patriots were waiting for General Frost in Ukraine laughing
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          16 January 2025 21: 10
          I found it, I specially went into the weather archive and found the nearest airport. I don't argue, there are many articles here where the authors stretch an owl onto a globe, but this is a common thing. As comrade Borman said, "You can't trust anyone..."
  4. 0
    15 January 2025 02: 43
    Basically, in England, people warm themselves by the amount of clothing they have on. The lower the temperature, the more clothing they have. Well, those who are cooler have heaters.
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    15 January 2025 12: 15
    Author, where are the statistics of the event? - Why is it not written how many trees in Gravsky Park were cut down, how many woodpiles were stacked, how much firewood, furniture of General Popova was burned?.. - the article does not reflect the full range of emotions of the citizens of Micro Britain.