Bad weather, bad luck?

Some years are memorable for their multiple bad weather events. In the UK, 2007 stands out, for the devastating storm Kyrill in January, followed by torrential summer rain which brought widespread flooding.

The winter of 2013 to 2014 also left its mark, with storm after storm pummelling UK shores, bringing record breaking rainfall and damaging gusts of wind. Hundreds of thousands of homes were left without power over Christmas, and large parts of Somerset were submerged for much of the winter.