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Electrical power also failed in Glasgow, leaving the whole city in darkness. In total, the storm felled 8,000 hectares of forest across Scotland (1.6 million cubic metres of timber). The storm, which affected Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, received little attention from the BBC or the national press. [25] 1976: Gale of January ...
The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war [a]) which relate to the United Kingdom, Ireland or the Isle of Man, or to the states that preceded them, or that involved their citizens, in a definable incident or accident such as a shipwreck, where the loss of life was forty or more.
This storm was described as the worst in Scotland since the Boxing Day Storm of 1998 by the UK Met Office. [141] Storm Andrea: 3–9 January 2012: 966 hPa (28.5 inHg) [142] Closely following Cyclone Ulli, the first named storm of 2012 formed southwest of Iceland, moving down into the North Sea affecting UK, Netherlands, Denmark and Germany ...
St. Marcellus flood / Grote Mandrenke, storm tide Holy Roman Empire, Denmark: 1362 20,000–25,000 All Saints' Flood, storm surge Holy Roman Empire: 1570 20,000 1939 Tianjin flood [citation needed] China: 1939 15,000 [6] 1705 Po valley flood Italy: 1705 14,000 Christmas flood, storm surge Netherlands, Germany, Denmark: 1717 11,498+ Storm Daniel
It was described as Central Scotland's worst natural disaster since records began and the worst gale in the United Kingdom. [2] [3] [6] Some said that the damage resembled what happened during the Clydebank Blitz in 1941. [4] 20 people died from the storm, with 9 dead in Glasgow. [7] 700 people were left homeless. [8]
On Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, bringing hurricane-force winds and a devastating storm surge. With a full moon and high tide, the resulting surge amplified the ...
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The Free University of Berlin names low-pressure systems affecting Europe and gave the name Friedhelm to this storm. [1] In Scotland, the storm was dubbed Hurricane Bawbag, the term bawbag being a Scots word for "scrotum", which is also used as an insult or as a jocular term of endearment. [4] [5] [6]