Author Topic: mbt baratos-Eleven dead as huge storm batters UK  (Read 129 times)

0 Members and 0 Guests are viewing this topic.

same571349

  • Guest
mbt baratos-Eleven dead as huge storm batters UK
« on: December 17, 2013, 01:58:54 am »
Eleven dead as huge storm batters UK
Four people were killed in Britain, three in Germany, two in The Netherlands, one in France and one in Denmark as heavy rain and high winds battered the region overnight and into the morning.
The rough conditions at sea also forced rescuers to abandon the search for a 14 year old boy who disappeared while playing in the surf on a southern English beach on Sunday,mbt baratos.
Weather forecasters say it's one of the worst storms to hit Britain in years. Gusts of 160 km/h were reported on the Isle of Wight in southern England, while gusts up to 129 km/p hit the UK mainland.
UK Power Networks officials said up to 270,000 homes were without power. Flood alerts were issued for many parts of southern England and emergency officials said hundreds of trees had been knocked down by gusts.
Thousands of homes in northwestern France also lost electricity, while in the Netherlands several rail lines shut down, airport delays were reported. Dutch citizens were warned against riding their bicycles   a favored form of transport   because of the high winds, and Amsterdam's central railway station was shut down by storm damage.
In Kent, police said a 17 year old girl died after a tree fell onto the camper home she was sleeping in. Hertfordshire police said a man in his 50s was killed when a tree fell on a car in Watford.
A 14 year old boy who is thought to be one of a group of boys "playing chicken" with the waves, was swept away. He was described by those who knew him as "a fearless little boy", The Times reports.
The bodies of a man and a woman were later found in the rubble of three houses in London that collapsed in an explosion thought to have been caused after a gas pipe was ruptured in the storm.
And in western Germany, two people were killed when a tree fell on their car.
London's Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest, cancelled at least 130 flights and express trains between central London and Gatwick and Stansted airports were suspended. Huge waves prompted the major English port of Dover to close, cutting off ferry services to France.
Some English rail lines also closed Monday morning, and some roads were closed due to fallen trees and power lines. There were severe delays on many parts of the London Underground and London Overground trains were delayed several hours.
The storm has hurricane force gusts but is not classified as a hurricane since it did not form over warm expanses of open ocean like the hurricanes that batter the Caribbean and eastern US, according to Britain's national weather service, the Met Office.
Britain does not get hurricanes because hurricanes are "warm latitude" storms that draw their energy from seas far warmer than the North Atlantic, the agency said.
The storm is not named and does not have an "eye" at its centre as hurricanes typically do. On social networks it has been called "stormageddon",mbt zapatos.
Sweden's Meteorological Institute upgraded its advisory Monday, warning that a "class 3" storm that could pose "great danger to the public" as it hits western and southern Sweden in the evening.
Still, the damage was less than feared in the 48 hours leading up to the storm, when the British press raised alarm bells about a possibly catastrophic storm.
British Airways said its long haul flights were expected to operate normally but domestic and European flights were operating on a reduced schedule with some cancellations.
Air travellers and commuters were advised to check conditions before starting any journeys. Widespread delays were expected as major London train lines delayed their opening because of the winds and tree hazards.
British Airways said its long haul flights were expected to operate normally but domestic and European flights were operating on a reduced schedule with some cancellations expected throughout the day. It said Gatwick and City airport operations should not be affected,asics outlet.
Flood alerts have been issued in many parts of southern England and officials said hundreds of trees had been knocked down by wind gusts.
Britain's key river crossings   including two main bridges over the River Severn and the Queen Elizabeth II bridge, which carries part of the M25   closed because of expected high winds.
UPDATING GALLERY: St Jude batters BritainSussex police closed nearby roads and warned residents of "imminent serious weather".
All teams searching off Newhaven have now been stood down by HM Coastguard, our thoughts go to the boys family and friends at this sad time
As winds picked up and Britain prepared for the storm, major sports events such as a regular NFL game in London between the San Francisco 49ers and Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium kicked off regardless.
 
   ugg australia-en-cibellevuewaus-0bi-0-0-1-0-list
 
   mbt zapatos-Obama suggests sale of TVA
 
   north face udsalg-Can you gro
 
   moncler jassen-Sonobe Polyhedra
 
   ugg nederland-Summer Camp at Home
 
   mbt outlet-CofC's Andrew Lawrence Among Cousy Nomi
 
   ugg boots-How to Run an Air Conditioning and Heati
 
   ugg uk-Broly Double Feature
 
   mbt-definition of Rhine by the Free Online Diction
 
   cappelli new era-Millions hav

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter