was there a hurricane in Britain in the 80's?

Question

recently i was studying a poem in english it was about a women from the carribean and moved to britain and there was a hurricne here and it reminded her at her own home country my english teacher told me there was. he said his grandma had washing blew away in her garden

Answer 1

All you need to know and more:

BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/witness/october/16/newsid_3174000/3174374.stm

and for what the weather people had to say...
http://www.meto.gov.uk/education/secondary/students/1987.html

1987: The great October storm
The winds which swept across southern Britain in October 1987 left the worst-hit areas totally devastated.

The storm uprooted millions of trees, ripped roofs off buildings, destroyed cars and even reduced an Isle of Wight pier to a pile of flotsam.

Many parts of the country were cut off from power and 18 people lost their lives in winds which reached 100 mph (161 km/h) in parts of the UK.

Answer 2

There was a hurricane in Britian, now referred to as the Great Storm of 1987. Michael Fish will always be remembered for telling the British public that there wasn't going to be a storm, unfortunately he was referring to a different weather system and not the actual hurricane that hit.

It caused vast amounts of damage to the south coast, killing 18 people as well as destroying about 15 million trees.

Answer 3

On 16th October 1987, the remnants of a hurricane struck south west england. Winds in the channel islands hit 110mph and 94mph in London.
13 people died & numerous injured sue to falling trees etc

A storm of this magnitude had not struck mainland britain since 1703

Cut & paste the link below for the full story

Answer 4

Yes, it was in 1987. I was living in London at the time. It was chaos! All power was down for several hours and so many trees had been brought down overnight by the high winds that car drivers either had to abandon their vehicles or take to driving on the pavement!

Being a heavy sleeper I missed all the fun and woke up to quite a surprise the next morning!

Answer 5

There are infrequently any hurricanes in Britain (the final one replaced into approximately thirty years in the past), and despite if a hurricane affected Britain, it may be unlikely to electrify London via its area. additionally hurricanes are predictable: as an occasion we are in a place to be sure the rigidity of hurricane fronts which let us know no rely if this is in all threat for a hurricane to happen. additionally if a hurricane did happen we would have time for each guy or woman to evacuate via our wisdom if whilst it may ensue: there are various secure places to evacuate to in London.

Answer 6

Yes around October 1987. The Weather Forecast failed to see it coming

Answer 7

There's Hurricanes in the U.K most years, but on a small scale. The BBC failed to forcast the one in 87 , and their weathermen never lived it down. Check the BBC website for info.

Answer 8

Yes there definitely was 1986. Caused a lot of damaged and blocked many roads. I remember it well I couldn,t get to work.

Father Graham

Answer 9

Yeah, it was well scary, I was only 6 or 7 years old!
Ithink it was about 87 or 88.

Answer 10

Yep it was in 1987