Severe winter storms - what's happening and why?

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Red weather warnings, winds of more than 100 miles per hour, damage to buildings, power lines down, loads of disruption to travel, schools and businesses - the UK has been battered by severe storms this winter – with Storm Eunice being described as "one of the worst in decades". Those rare red weather warnings - meaning there is a danger to life from flying debris - were issued by the Met Office covering much of southern and eastern England, and south Wales. One gust of 122mph on the Isle of Wight set a record in England. It's the second storm in a week for the UK after Storm Dudley battered parts of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland, leaving thousands of homes without power. For 5 Minutes On, Simon King – a BBC Weather presenter and meteorologist - looks into whether these weather patterns are particularly unusual, why the storms are so severe, and if we may see more like this in the future as a result of climate change. Image Credit: Glyn Kirk via Getty Images