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Seren Morris

When was the last Beast from the East? Met Office explains winter weather event

There have recently been predictions of the return of a similar storm to the Beast from the East, the 2018 storm that brought freezing temperatures, heavy snow strong winds to the UK along with power cuts and travel disruption.

A combination of a meteorological phenomenon known as sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) and a polar vortex brought the 2018 Beast from the East, and there has been speculation the same thing is about to occur again.

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