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Great Storm of 1987
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Great Storm of 1987
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
England
,
France
and the
Channel Islands
as a severe depression in the
Bay of Biscay
moved northeast. Among the most damaged areas were
Greater London
, the
East Anglian
coast, the
Home Counties
, the west of
Brittany
and the
Cotentin Peninsula
of
Normandy
which weathered gusts typically with a
return period
of 1 in 200 years.
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