| inbluevt | Date: Tuesday, 2013/10/29, 10:39 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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A savage coastal storm powered by hurricane-force gusts slashed its way through Britain and western Europe on Monday, felling trees, flooding lowlands and snarling traffic in the air, at sea and on land.
At least 13 people were reported killed.It was one of the worst storms to hit the region in years.
The deadly tempest had no formal name — and wasn't officially classified as a hurricane due to a meteorological standard — but it was dubbed the St. Jude storm (after the patron saint of lost causes) and stormageddon on social networks.
Gusts of 160 km/h were reported on the Isle of Wight in southern England, while gusts up to 130 km/h hit the British mainland. Later in the day, the Danish capital of Copenhagen saw record gusts up of to 194 km/h and an autobahn in central Germany was shut down by gusts up to 100
km/h.
All across the region, people were warned to stay indoors. Hundreds of trees were uprooted or split, blocking roads and crushing cars. The Dutch were told to leave their beloved bicycles at home for safety's sake.
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