Bad weather and technical problems led to the attempt being suspended on 13 August 2008.

Indeed, unusually warm and wet weather in November led to a record 121 tornadoes for that month.

Unprecedented bad weather during the event led to 6 boats retiring from the race.

Bad weather exacerbated the damaging movement and led to project shutdown.

Extreme weather led the department to recalculate the dam's safety risk.

The current bad weather led to an invitation to "baton down the hatches".

"There is now a very real likelihood the severe weather will lead to growth coming in lower than this," Archer added.

Bad weather led to the cancellation of the raid planned for 7 July.

The series ended in a 3-3-1 tie: bad weather led to the cancellation of more games.

The weather also lead to the closure of many schools which were due to return after the Christmas break.