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A southerly shift in the jet stream, driven by the freezing conditions across North America, pushed low-pressure systems further south than usual. Combined with a blocking pattern that caused these systems to stall, this set up a semi-permanent south-easterly flow into the UK. As a result, rain has been funnelled in from the surrounding seas into the south-west of England, eastern Scotland, and the east of Northern Ireland, while western parts of

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