LONDON: Storm Eunice killed four people in Europe on Friday, hit England with a record broke and forced millions to take refuge because it interferes with flights, trains and ferries throughout Europe.
London is empty after the British capital is placed under the first “red” weather warnings, which means there is a “danger of life”.
The same rare warning rate occurred in Southern England, South Wales and the Netherlands, with many schools closed and the train trip was paralyzed, because the waves towered violate the sea wall along the coast.
Eunice knocked down the power to more than 140,000 houses in England, mostly in the southwest, and 80,000 properties in Ireland, said the utility company.
Two people were killed by fallen trees in the Netherlands, the word Dutch emergency service. A man in his 60s was killed by trees in Southeast Ireland, while a Canadian man aged 79 died in Belgium, according to the police.
Around London, three people were hospitalized after suffering injuries in a storm, and most of the roofs at the Millennium Dome The capital was grated by strong winds.
One wind blowing 122 miles (196 kilometers) per hour was measured on the Isle of Wight Off Southern England, “While the highest gusts ever recorded in the UK”, the Met Office said.
At Tan Hill Inn, the highest British pub in Yorkshire, the staff is busy preparing even if the wind remains fat in the North British region.
“But with snow in now, the wind increases, we instill hatches, get ready for a bad day and a worse night,” said Pub Pub Leslie’s maintenance worker told AFP.
‘Sting jet’
Scientists say that the tail of the Atlantic Hurricane can pack “stinging jets”, a rarely seen meteorological phenomenon that brings chaos to the UK and North France in the “big storm” in 1987.
Eunice caused high waves to hit Brittany beach in northwest French, while Belgium, Denmark and Sweden all issued weather warnings. Remote and regional trains are stopped in North Germany.
Ferries across the entire channel, the busiest delivery pathway in the world, suspended, before the British Dover port reopened in the afternoon.
Hundreds of flights were canceled or postponed at Heathrow airport and Gatwick London, and Schiphol in Amsterdam. One Easyjet flight from Bordeaux suffered two canceled landings in Gatwick before being forced to return to the French city.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has placed the British army with standby, tweeted: “We all have to follow the advice and take precautions to stay safe.”
Roy Stokes Environmental Agency warned weather observer and amateur photographers to lead to the southern coastline of England to find dramatic recording, calling it “maybe the most stupid thing you can do”.
Climate impact?
The streets of Rush-Hour London, where activities slowly returned to the pre-pandemic level, almost deserted because many government advice were noticed to stay at home.
The train to the capital has run limited service during the morning trip, with a speed limit on the spot, before seven rail operators in the UK suspend all operations.
The London Fire Brigade stated “the main incident” after taking 550 emergency calls in just two hours – even though it complained that some “did not help”, including one of a resident who complained about the neighboring park trampoline blowing.
The details of the racing details said it received a very low number of calls on the English main road, indicating that the driver was “taking the weather warnings seriously and not setting”.
The storm forced Prince Charles, the heir of the throne to delay the trip to South Wales on Friday “in the interests of public safety”, his office said Thursday.