
On January 28, a hurricane collapsed to the UK, as a result of which tens of kilometers of power lines were damaged, more than 20 thousand people were left without electricity.
A difficult situation arose on highways and on railways in Scotland and in the northern counties of England. The wind speed in these areas of the country exceeds 160 km per hour. Police representatives reported that at the moment the element has already claimed the lives of six people Urakan found them on the road and their cars were turned over by gusts of wind. Another person received serious traumatic brain injuries, falling under a hail of bricks, demolished by a hurricane from the roof of the building under construction.
In Scotland, four people died in two car goods, the cause of which, according to preliminary data, was a strong wind that turned up vehicles.
In the city of Dankeld, one person died and one was wounded as a result of the fall of a large tree on the car in which they rode.
In the city of York, a part of the masonry of one of the churches, demolished by the blow of a squall wind, hit the city dweller.
A railway message was suspended throughout Scotland after a tree collapsed on a train with 120 passengers. In connection with the extreme weather situation, several flights from Cardiff, the Wales administrative center, were set aside. In a number of areas of Scotland, classes in schools have been canceled.
In this part of the country and in Northern Ireland, about 16 thousand houses and offices were left without electricity, since the storm winds damaged the power lines. In the same position were residents of about 20 thousand houses located in the Newkasel Apon-Tyin districts adjacent to the city.
The hurricane is accompanied by storm rains. The National Environmental Agency sent warnings about the significant danger of flooding by the authorities of Wales, the middle part of England, the counties of Cambria and Bakinghamshire. Meteorologists predict that by the end of the day the storm will stop, RIA Novosti writes.