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A sudden stratospheric warming pulled a bitterly cold easterly airmass off Siberia across the UK, with widespread heavy snow and the lowest March temperatures in decades. The cold spell collided with Storm Emma over the south-west, producing severe blizzards and drifts. At least 17 people died in the UK and economic losses ran into the hundreds of millions of pounds.
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