A major storm is lashing England and Wales, with sustained winds of 45 mph and gusts up to 99 mph at the Needles, Isle of Wight. In total, 13 people lose their lives through the day. The first perished in Shropshire, when a branch fell through his windscreen. A young child is crushed by a 20 ft wall in Manchester. Others are killed by flying debris. A container ship, measuring 62,000 tonnes, gets into difficulties in the Channel when a plate works loose on its hull. The 26 crew abandon ship, and are rescued by the Coastguard. Fifteen lorries are blown over on the country's roads, with one driver being killed. When the storms move across the North Sea, they leave 140,000 people without power. In Holland, winds increase to 55 mph, blowing over a building crane at Utrecht and shutting down the rail network. Six die in the Netherlands; eleven die in Germany, which also sees its railways closed for the first time in their history.
Here in the islands, it's a bright day with only light winds. Went for a walk to the Battery, where I found the new tanks positioned behind the powerstation. Hobble down to Somerfields for the papers. It's not warm at all. Meet Mrs B at the supermarket and carry her shopping home.
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My thoughts & prayers are with ALL of those suffering due to the weather. {{{ }}}
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Same here Guido, it's pretty bad when we have the hurricanes here and never know if we are going to get hit next. Living by the ocean is nice but not when you have a big one churning off the coast. God Keep all those hit by the storms safe and not without power too long. :)))))))Doreen
ReplyDeleteDoes sound like your part of the country has been hit with some violent storms, just like we get hid periodically with hurricanes and the like. Even perpetually sunny Phoenix gets a storm flood once ina while. Zoe reports gloomy stormy days where she is in England. I was never used to much snow or rain and thought I would find it quite a hardship! So I will live out my days in the sun. Gerry
ReplyDeleteIt was really bad on the south coast, I hope the worst of the winter storms have gone now! Good riddance to them! Jeannette xx
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