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138:Linn of Dee
1643:Categories
994:hurricanes
988:Windstorms
747:Trent 1683
689:Louth 1920
653:March 2013
638:April 1981
633:March 1891
534:Cold snaps
519:Lewes 1836
511:Avalanches
357:7 February
282:7 February
150:Carrbridge
131:Carrbridge
95:Cairngorms
80:Strathspey
55:Fatalities
1505:Disputed
1439:Wildfires
1343:Heatwaves
940:Tornadoes
930:July 1968
829:June 2016
307:26 August
203:Footnotes
146:Mar Lodge
99:River Dee
1348:Droughts
391:(1830),
241:13 March
197:umbrella
158:Findhorn
107:Findhorn
1507:tsunami
1330:2023–24
1325:2022–23
1320:2021–22
1315:2020–21
1310:2019–20
1305:2018–19
1300:2017–18
1295:2016–17
1290:2015–16
1209:Lorenzo
1200:Eleanor
1191:Ophelia
1173:Desmond
1164:Abigail
1155:Gonzalo
1073:Charley
992:former
809:2012–13
597:2010–11
592:2009–10
582:1990–91
572:1985–86
567:1981–82
562:1962–63
557:1946–47
552:1894–95
542:1683–84
382:Sources
1272:Ciarán
1254:Eunice
1227:Dennis
1049:Debbie
734:Floods
669:Larisa
410:
326:et seq
193:salmon
189:butler
162:Forres
121:Damage
111:Lossie
1594:This
1483:Other
1263:Babet
1245:Barra
1218:Ciara
1111:Katia
103:Nairn
84:Scots
27:Cause
1600:stub
1533:stub
1429:2022
1424:2021
1419:2019
1414:2018
1409:2013
1404:2006
1399:2003
1394:1995
1389:1990
1384:1976
1379:1955
1374:1911
1369:1906
1364:1808
1359:1757
1236:Alex
1092:Lili
854:2024
849:2023
660:Emma
577:1987
547:1709
408:ISBN
359:2009
309:2015
284:2009
243:2023
140:and
115:Spey
113:and
74:The
42:Date
1182:Eva
990:and
430:doi
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211:^
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