‘Beast From The East’ Panics Europeans

The coldest end of winter of the past decade is set to hit Europe over the weekend and warnings are lingering on the ‘old continent’ that it could last as long as three weeks.

Shops are reporting that panic buying has begun as European evening news mention the upcoming polar vortex in every opening segment.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The &#39;beast from the east&#39; will bring colder air in the coming week, possibly some snow. Stay tuned for updates. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brrrr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Brrrr</a> <a href="https://t.co/T91dVkzV65">pic.twitter.com/T91dVkzV65</a></p>&mdash; Barra Best (@barrabest) <a href="https://twitter.com/barrabest/status/966939984099008513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2018</a></blockquote>

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The blast of frigid Siberian air arriving in over the weekend threatens to give Western Europe its coldest end to winter in a very long time. Temperatures are predicted to plunge to -8C as from Sunday night and will struggle to get above freezing during daytime for at least a week.

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In the UK, the Met office sent out a warning: “Check on friends, family and neighbours who may be at risk and make sure they’re heating homes to at least 18C, see if they need any particular help or just someone to talk to and keep an eye on the Met Office’s forecasts and warnings.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Experts say the chilly weather could carry on into early March<a href="https://t.co/l0WwzpKHWH">https://t.co/l0WwzpKHWH</a></p>&mdash; Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) <a href="https://twitter.com/MENnewsdesk/status/966768053970243585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Mr. Claydon, their head of Meteorology, “These colder conditions are expected to last into next week and could be fairly prolonged, and could still be with us into the beginning of March.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Time to get the woolly hat, scarf and winter coat out<a href="https://t.co/NrWZTlvYgQ">https://t.co/NrWZTlvYgQ</a></p>&mdash; Herts Mercury (@HertsMercury) <a href="https://twitter.com/HertsMercury/status/966720318818668549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Source:

http://www.weer.nl/nieuws/detail/2018-02-22-wie-is-de-beast-from-the-east/