Too bad about those hailstones.
Isn't that just terrible? But of course it's all the fault of George W. Bush, Capitalism and Global Warming.....
More bad English weather history:
Thousands dead |
1703 |
November |
27th |
Throughout the country |
Storms(2days) |
Westminster Abbey struck |
1831 |
August |
17th |
Westminster, London |
Hit by 'electric fluid' |
Widespread deaths |
1903 |
September |
10th |
Southern England |
Storms |
Gales (100mph): 23 dead |
1905 |
March |
15th |
Lands End, Cornwall |
Storms |
Children Dead (2,500 +) |
1912 |
August |
26th |
London |
Heatwave |
Storm in Lancashire: 50 dead |
1927 |
October |
28th |
Lancashire |
Storm |
Gales sweep England: 11 dead |
1928 |
February |
12th |
All of England |
Gales |
Hurricane Winds 151mph: 26 dead |
1929 |
December |
5th |
Throughout UK |
Storms |
Subzero temperatures |
1947 |
Winter |
UK |
Temperatures |
|
Sulphur dioxide fumes: 4,000 dead |
1952 |
London |
Smog |
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Caving disaster: 6 dead |
1967 |
June |
24th |
Mossdale |
Heavy rain |
Two day storm kills:17 |
1987 |
October |
South of England |
Winds of 120 mph |
|
Gusts of 110 mph: 45 dead |
1990 |
January |
25th |
All Britain |
Gales |
Ferocious Winds115mph |
1998 |
January |
4th |
All Britain |
Storms |