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1765:Hypothermia
1606:Before 2000
1496:Before 2000
1331:Summer 2018
901:August 1848
857:London 2006
832:London 1091
766:Thames 1928
728:Summer 2022
676:August 2008
671:Summer 2007
666:Autumn 2000
656:Thames 1947
651:Thames 1928
608:London 2021
505:Snow events
491:Spring 2013
1790:Categories
1431:Cold waves
878:hurricanes
872:Windstorms
631:Trent 1683
573:Louth 1920
537:March 2013
522:April 1981
517:March 1891
418:Cold snaps
403:Lewes 1836
395:Avalanches
314:9 February
281:9 February
250:9 February
225:9 February
203:9 February
184:References
99:Fatalities
54:Dissipated
1576:2013 (UK)
1468:East Asia
1389:Disputed
1323:Wildfires
1227:Heatwaves
824:Tornadoes
814:July 1968
713:June 2016
174:Sheffield
123:Sheffield
1232:Droughts
158:Bradford
154:Barnsley
143:Rochdale
40:Blizzard
1758:Related
1709:2017–18
1613:1886–87
1549:2009–10
1528:1990–91
1503:1683–84
1391:tsunami
1214:2023–24
1209:2022–23
1204:2021–22
1199:2020–21
1194:2019–20
1189:2018–19
1184:2017–18
1179:2016–17
1174:2015–16
1093:Lorenzo
1084:Eleanor
1075:Ophelia
1057:Desmond
1048:Abigail
1039:Gonzalo
957:Charley
876:former
693:2012–13
481:2010–11
476:2009–10
466:1990–91
456:1985–86
451:1981–82
446:1962–63
441:1946–47
436:1894–95
426:1683–84
162:Halifax
137:Impacts
1559:Sweden
1489:Europe
1156:Ciarán
1138:Eunice
1111:Dennis
933:Debbie
618:Floods
553:Larisa
46:Formed
1692:early
1688:2014
1464:2016
1367:Other
1147:Babet
1129:Barra
1102:Ciara
995:Katia
178:Leeds
170:Leeds
131:Leeds
127:Leeds
81:Leeds
1749:2022
1724:2022
1719:2021
1714:2019
1704:2015
1697:late
1673:1994
1668:1989
1663:1985
1653:1978
1648:1977
1643:1936
1638:1912
1633:1911
1618:1888
1581:2017
1571:2012
1544:2006
1508:1709
1438:Asia
1313:2022
1308:2021
1303:2019
1298:2018
1293:2013
1288:2006
1283:2003
1278:1995
1273:1990
1268:1976
1263:1955
1258:1911
1253:1906
1248:1808
1243:1757
1120:Alex
976:Lili
738:2024
733:2023
544:Emma
461:1987
431:1709
316:2019
283:2019
252:2019
227:2019
205:2019
172:and
125:and
116:The
36:Type
1066:Eva
874:and
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