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Oct 14, 2017 · Ask people about the Great Storm which ravaged the south of England in 1987 and most will remember "that" forecast by weatherman Michael Fish, or Sevenoaks losing six of the trees that gave the...
- Over Zealous
The clean up operation after the 1987 Great Storm was "over...
- Michael Fish's
The night of Monday 15 October marks 25 years since the UK's...
- The Healing Power of Nature
An estimated 15 million trees were uprooted, countless more...
- The Change in Weather Forecasting
The night of Monday 15 October marks 25 years since the UK's...
- Over Zealous
Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) [1] is a German aviator known for his flight that ended with a landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. Then a teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, without authorization. According to Russian claims [2][3] he was tracked several times by Soviet Air Defence Forces and civilian ...
Oct 15, 2012 · Across large parts of the south east of England the impact of the Great Storm in 1987 is still visible. And for many people who had to cope with the devastating winds and their aftermath, the...
The great storm of 1987 was a violent extratropical cyclone that occurred on the night of 15–16 October, with hurricane-force winds causing casualties in the United Kingdom, France, and the Channel Islands as a severe depression in the Bay of Biscay moved northeast.
1987: The great October storm. The winds which swept across southern Britain in October 1987 left the worst-hit areas totally devastated. The storm uprooted millions of trees, ripped roofs off...
Oct 4, 2020 · The storm felled 4000 oaks trees in the New Forest in Southern England alone. Several hundred thousand people were left without power, not fully restored until more than two weeks later. It is believed that the number of fatalities of 18 would have been larger had the storm hit during the day.
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Oct 9, 2022 · Anyone who stopped to observe the oaks around the outside of The Vine might eventually realise one was larger than the others to its left and right. That is because in 1987, six of the seven oaks blew down. Astonishing photographs of the time, show the oaks lying prone on the ground.
