dave foster
(Weather Hobbyist)
Tue Oct 11 2005 02:24 PM
Re: Its official - Europes first on record

Just going back to an earlier topic regarding Vince and the perception of a hurricane hitting Europe.

I was reminded of the Great Storm (as it was called) in October 1987. It caused massive amounts of damage along the south coast of England with a loss of life of 18.

If anyone's interested I've found a couple of decent links that are worth viewing. The Great Storm was extratropical with winds in excess of 100mph (hurricane force on the Beaufort Scale).

http://www.dandantheweatherman.com/Bereklauw/Octstorm.html

http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Resources/Weather/Severe/oct87satpic.html


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