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AMERICAN AND BRITISH STORMS ARE 'HOLDING HANDS' OVER ATLANTIC: SYSTEMS THAT WREAKED HAVOC ON TWO CONTINENTS ARE COMBINING

Daily Mail Reporter and Wills Robinson

fEB. 14, 2014

Incredible satellite imagery shows the monster storms swirling 'arm-in-arm' across the Atlantic
The Stateside storm, the latest of many this bitter winter, brought with it heavy snow, sleet and icy conditions that saw thousands of flights cancelled and left 21 people dead, mostly from car crashes
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, Friday's storm caused heavy rain and winds up to 80 mph in Britain's southern counties, aggravating areas already flooded following the wettest January since records began in 1776

Devastating storms that have dumped as much as 40 inches of snow on parts of the United States and caused widespread flooding in the UK are combining over the Atlantic, weather experts have revealed.

Incredible satellite imagery from NASA's Worldview shows the monster storms swirling 'arm-in-arm' across the ocean.

The storms in the US have left 21 people dead and caused thousands of flights to be cancelled, bringing the east coast to a standstill.

Meanwhile, in Britain, heavy rain and winds up to 80 mph devastated parts of the south, aggravating areas already flooded after the wettest January since records began in 1776.

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Holding hands: A storm that dumped heavy snow and ice across the east coast of the United States this week is the very same weather system that battered southern parts of the UK on Friday, meteorologists have revealed in incredible satellite imagery

Floods have drenched the low-lying Somerset Levels in the south west and the Thames Valley west of London, where hundreds of properties have been swamped after the River Thames burst its banks.

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