Mr Matthew said that when the berries appeared early and were large a severe winter followed.
The council initially thought severe winter weather was to blame for the deterioration of the surface.
An ancient Roman arch which still allows traffic through is suffering in the severe winter weather.
Heathrow airport has tripled the number of snow clearance vehicles to tackle severe winter weather.
Health experts are warning of an unusually severe winter outbreak of the norovirus diarrhoea and vomiting bug.
Organisers of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations are confident the recent severe winter weather will not return to dampen the party.
It was also used during 2001's foot and mouth crisis and for contingency planning when severe winter weather hit in 2010 and 2011.
Council leaders have blamed the severe winter and tasks linked to the general election campaign for failing to meet a target to reduce CO2 emissions.
Several of the families sailed to Hudson Bay, in north east Canada, where they were forced to build their own shelters to protect themselves against severe winter conditions.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Arkansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe winter storm during the period of December 25-26, 2012.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Arkansas Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Delaware and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter storms and snowstorms during the period of February 5-11, 2010.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Delaware Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oklahoma and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by a severe winter storm and snowstorm during the period of February 24-26, 2013.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Oklahoma Disaster Declaration
With many markets, such as aerospace, industrial gas turbine and commercial building remaining soft, and the residential construction market being hampered by severe winter weather, Alcoa says that it will strengthen its performance by developing innovative products that add value for its customers.
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Jersey and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm and snowstorm during the period of February 5-6, 2010.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs New Jersey Disaster Declaration
Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storms and snowstorms in Kent, New Castle, and Sussex Counties.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Delaware Disaster Declaration
Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storm in the counties of Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Lonoke, Perry, Pulaski, and Saline.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Arkansas Disaster Declaration
Federal funding is available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storm and snowstorm in the counties of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs New Jersey Disaster Declaration
Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storm and snowstorm in the counties of Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Major, Noble, Roger Mills, Washita, Woods, and Woodward.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Oklahoma Disaster Declaration
This acceleration in jobs growth occurred in the face of a more severe than normal winter, indicating an even stronger underlying impulse toward growth.
The west London airport came under severe criticism in the winter of 2010 over its failure to cope with snow after it was shut for days.
So far this year that figure is already on the rise as the flu virus has shown up in more than half of the country with 29 states reporting high or severe flu cases this winter.
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"I am very aware that last winter's severe weather left a legacy of road potholes and that local highway authorities faced gritting pressures, " he added.
The Laki eruption was believed to have caused thousands of deaths because of unusual conditions in Europe that summer, along with the severe cold of the following winter.
Announcing the extra funds, which must be spent by April, Local Government Minister Carl Sergeant said he was aware last winter's severe weather had left a "legacy" of potholes.
"It is increasingly difficult for people to live in that area because of the low temperatures - winter is very severe, " Yacoub el-Hillo, the UNHCR director for Middle East and North Africa, told the BBC.
Gilles Langis, a senior forecaster with the Canadian Ice Service in Ottawa, says the Arctic winter has been so severe the ice has not only recovered, it is actually 10 to 20 cm thicker in many places than at this time last year.
The state-owned forecaster has recently been criticised for predicting it would be a "mild" winter ahead of the most severe freeze for 30 years.
Then on New Year's Eve, the drill barge Kulluk had to be cut loose in a severe storm while being towed back to its winter home port in Seattle.
The unusually cold winter also made the power glut less severe.
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