North Sea
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| Max. depth | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
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| Locations | Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 56°N 03°E / 56°N 3°E Coordinates: 56°N 03°E / 56°N 3°E |
| Max. width | 580 km (360 mi) |
| Islands | Nista |
| Did you know | In 1953 the North Sea flood killed more than 2,000 people as it flooded several coasts. |
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| ID | 405863 |
About North Sea
The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north.
UK weather: Snow forecast and warnings in place as temperatures plummet
... As for snow, there will be further wintry showers for a time around North Sea coasts but into the weekend some rain or sleet and snow showers will start coming in from the west...
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... The group highlighted its opposition to the prime minister s decision in July to grant 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences...
Snow and ice warnings issued for large parts of UK
... Wintry showers are forming in the North Sea and will come onshore across eastern parts of the UK...
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... Earlier this year UK PM Rishi Sunak granted new North Sea oil and gas licences as part of efforts, he said, to improve the UK s resilience to volatile energy markets...
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... Storm Debi is then expected to move through into the North Sea on Monday evening...
Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot John Hemingway 'just lucky'
... Hurricane wreckage found decades laterHe parachuted into the North Sea and was eventually rescued by a lifeboat...
Oil giant Shell suing Greenpeace for £1. 7m damages
... The White Marlin was transporting the platform to Shell s Penguins oilfield in the North Sea when it was occupied...
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... The most stark is on oil and gas licencing under the North Sea...
UK weather: Snow forecast and warnings in place as temperatures plummet
By Simon King & Marita MoloneyBBC Weather
Temperatures could drop to as low as -10C (14F) in parts of The UK on Friday with snow also forecast as The current Cold Snap continues.
A yellow ice and snow warning is in effect down The Eastern side of Scotland and England until 11:00 GMT.
Hilly areas - including The North York Moors and parts of Scotland - will see more snow later, forecasters said.
Thursday was The coldest night in The UK since mid-March, with temperatures in Cumbria dipping to -9. 4C overnight.
Temperatures were widely down to between -3C to -6C, even in major towns and cities: it was -5C in Manchester and Edinburgh and -3C in south-west London and Birmingham.
Snow swept across south-west England, parts of Yorkshire, The North East and Scotland .
More than 30 schools in Cornwall closed for The Day or opened late due to hazardous conditions while in County Durham , police said snowy conditions led to some crashes on The Roads .
Overnight from Thursday into Friday morning, some of The coldest places were:
Yellow warnings for ice for Northern Ireland and south-west England ended at 10:00, but in some central and south-eastern areas of England freezing fog posed an additional hazard on Friday morning.
Yellow Met Office warnings mean people could face hazardous conditions, with disruption and delays likely on roads and railways and icy patches on roads and pavements.
Temperatures during The Day will barely get above 0C across many areas but towards The evening, with Clear Skies and light winds, it will quickly go well below freezing.
The Met Office told The PA news agency there could be 2cm (0. 79in) to 5cm (2in) of snow for areas 100m (328ft) to 200m (656ft) above Sea Level , particularly Northern Ireland and western Scotland .
Friday Night will be even colder than previous nights with temperatures into Saturday Morning widely -4 to -8C and possibly -10C in north-east Scotland .
As for snow, there will be further wintry showers for a time around North Sea coasts but into The weekend some rain or sleet and snow showers will start Coming In from The West .
There is even The chance of perhaps some significant snow in Wales, The Midlands and parts of northern England by Sunday Morning , even at low levels.
Separately, The UK Health Security Agency has issued an amber cold-health alert for The health sector for northern regions of England, meaning " significant impacts are probable".
The Amber Alert indicates that The Cold Weather is likely to affect The Whole Health service, with The potential for The entire population to be At Risk , The Agency says.
The alert is in place for The East Midlands, West Midlands , North West , North East and Yorkshire and The Humber until 5 December.
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Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
