Record Winds News Today

Storm Ciaran battered northern France with record winds of nearly 200 km per hour killing a lorry driver as southern England remained on high alert Thursday and rail operators in several countries warned of traffic disruptions. National Highways, the government's road operator, issued a severe weather alert for gales, warning of a "significant risk" to vehicles, while rail commuters in southern England advised to work from home by train operators, as lines are assessed for fa...

Five people were killed by falling trees as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe on Thursday, bringing  record winds as high as 200 kilometres per hour, floods, blackouts and major travel disruptions.  They only hold their race along the Oosterscheldekering storm surge barrier in the western Netherlands if the wind is above a gale seven on the Beaufort Scale (up to 61 kilometres per hour), but they finally met their match with Storm Ciaran and had to cancel. 

Eastern ukraine. storm eunice has been battering northern europe, killing nine people and leaving a trail of destruction. millions of people in the uk were warned to stay at home as the storm hit with record winds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour recorded. three of those who died were here in britain. in each case, they were inside vehicles hit by flying debris orfalling trees. the bbc�*s danny savage reports from bristol in south west england. the sea state along the south coast was frighten...

Orla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. storm eunice has been battering northern europe, killing nine people and leaving a trail of destruction. millions of people in the uk were warned to stay at home as the storm hit with record winds of nearly 200 kilometres per hour recorded. three of those who died were here in britain. in each case, they were inside vehicles hit by flying debris orfalling trees. landmark buildings suffered damage with panels ripped off the roof of the 02 arena in london �...

How do they compare on the ground what youre seeing? >> without getting to seeing exactly what has been impacted and how much yet, i dont think area wise its quite as much flood damage as katrina was. theres several impacts in areas but not as much of a coverage area being flooded like katrina. but the storm seems to have a ton of wind damage along with it for a bigger area. they all vary a little bit. and somewhat lived up to be as bad as of a storm they said it was going to be. you know, recor...

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