Pictures of ARCTIC conditions across Europe

Many different strategies are used to hide the fact that, although the whole of Siberia is affected this does not originate in the East but is being pushed down south from the North Pole.

In Britain it is "the Beast from the East" - with Storm Emma close behind - while the Dutch are calling it the "Siberian bear" and Swedes the "snow cannon"

These maps tell a tale as do the following videos

"The Beast from the East"

Blizzard conditions at Dublin Airport, Ireland this morning, March 2

This is how things look in Ebbw Vale, Wales

The beach at Holkham in Norfolk

Extreme Storm Surge BLASTS Scituate, MA at high tide – 3/2/2018