A fierce storm battered northern Europe on 05/12/2013 Thursday,
leaving three people dead or missing, causing mass transport disruption and
threatening the biggest tidal surge in decades.
Thousands of people have been evacuated and hundreds
rescued today as 140mph winds battered Britain in a hurricane force storm. A
lorry driver died in Scotland when his vehicle toppled onto a number of cars
and a man riding a mobility scooter in King's Park in Retford, Nottinghamshire
was killed when hit by a falling tree.
The village that fell into the sea, Families left devastated as their beach side homes are destroyed after Britain's coastline is battered by the worst storm surge for SIXTY years.
More than 120,000 homes were left without power as the
most serious tidal surge for 60 years is predicted to hit the east coast
tonight. More than 10,000 homes in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are being
evacuated, while residents were also rescued in Rhyl, North Wales, and
Merseyside.
Dozens of flights were cancelled or delayed in the
Netherlands, Germany and Scotland, while rail services were shut down in
several countries and one of Europe’s longest bridges connecting Sweden to
Denmark was to close. Tens of thousands of homes were also left without power
as so called Storm Xaver tore through the area.
The biggest fear across Europe was from a storm surge set
to hit later yesterday which will coincide with high tides in many areas.
British authorities said they had evacuated homes in Great Yarmouth, eastern
England, and warned that people’s lives could be at risk.
