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Sri Lanka: Five die of cold in Vakarai/Batticaloa town

At least five persons have reportedly died due to the cold weather in Vakari and Batticaloa this morning as a cold wave swept across several areas of the country.

AGA Vakari R.Rasakulanayagi said they have died due to hypothermia.

BBC weatherman tries to clear Met Office but digs deeper hole « Autonomous Mind

Interesting. The Met Office don’t issue seasonal forecasts to the public any more, but Hudson at the BBC was led to understand in October that the probability of a cold winter was higher than normal. Perhaps this was chatter between old colleagues or professional courtesy. But it wasn’t something being doled out for public consumption. What is noteworthy is that Hudson was saying this on his blog at the same time as this, now widely retailed, ‘scorchio’ probability map (below) was published on the Met Office website.