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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Thu Dec 5, 2013, 04:49 PM Dec 2013

Two Dead, 100,000 Homes Without Power As 100mph Storm Batters Scotland

Two Dead, 100,000 Homes Without Power As 100mph Storm Batters Scotland – Now Biggest Tidal Surge In 60 Years Threatens East Coast

TOMAS JIVANDA Thursday 05 December 2013

Two people have been killed as the country is battered by winds of up to 140mph, prompting the evacuation of over 10,000 homes.

A man was killed in Retford, Nottinghamshire, after he was struck by a falling tree in a park, and a lorry driver died when his HGV was blown on top of a number of cars in West Lothian, Scotland.

Four more people were also injured when the lorry overturned on the A801 one mile north of Boghead Roundabout, Bathgate, West Lothian, at around 8.10am.

The biggest tidal surge for over 60 years now threatens to flood the east coast of England, as the terrible weather continues throughout today and tomorrow.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/uk-weather-warnings-scotland-and-north-battered-by-100mph-winds-as-biggest-tidal-surge-in-60-years-threatens-east-coast-8984542.html

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Two Dead, 100,000 Homes Without Power As 100mph Storm Batters Scotland (Original Post) Purveyor Dec 2013 OP

Look at this pic from Whitehaven! countryjake Dec 2013 #1

THAT is truly impressive. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #5

thank God there's no climate change occurring..... spanone Dec 2013 #2

It's bad all over northwestern Europe Warpy Dec 2013 #3

There is no mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #4

countryjake

(8,554 posts)

1. Look at this pic from Whitehaven!

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 05:10 PM

Dec 2013

Huge waves engulf Whitehaven harbour in Cumbria on Thursday morning as gale-force winds cause havoc throughout the country ~ Photograph: North News & Pictures Ltd

Violent storms batter UK triggering emergency response
Coastal communities face flooding threat after day of deaths, injuries, destruction and travel chaos

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/05/storms-batter-uk-flooding-wind-emergency-response

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

5. THAT is truly impressive.

Reply to countryjake (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 05:26 PM

Dec 2013

Scary, too. I would to be within a mile of the coast there.

spanone

(135,832 posts)

2. thank God there's no climate change occurring.....

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 05:10 PM

Dec 2013

Warpy

(111,261 posts)

3. It's bad all over northwestern Europe

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 05:17 PM

Dec 2013

People there have been comparing horror stories on international sites. Trees are down and a lot of roofs are damaged or completely off. It's not just chancy to be out in it, it's downright dangerous.

The story here in the US will likely be a deep freeze combined with snow and freezing rain.

mstinamotorcity2

(1,451 posts)

4. There is no

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 05:24 PM

Dec 2013

such thing as Global Warming or Climate change no need to inform the people

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