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The Night of the Big Wind (Irish: Oíche na Gaoithe Móire) was a powerful European windstorm that swept across what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beginning on the afternoon of 6 January 1839, causing severe damage to property and several hundred deaths. 20 to 25% of houses in north Dublin were damaged or destroyed, and 42 ships were wrecked. [1]
Winds reached 100mph as Storm Eowyn left one person dead, more than a million people without power and caused significant travel disruption across the UK and Ireland. Rail services, flights and ...
Windswept House: A Vatican Novel is a 1996 novel by former Jesuit priest Malachi Martin. The novel details turmoil within the Catholic Church and corruption in Vatican City . Malachi alleged the novel depicted real events in the form a non-fiction novel similar to the works of Taylor Caldwell , or Truman Capote 's In Cold Blood .
At 3:30 p.m., more than 230 people dialed in, as Chaney talked through a series of slides showing Helene’s path, wind speed and the potential of severe flooding as it reached the Appalachian range.
Well-constructed home north of Blanchard on Kitty Hawk Road partially swept away at 190 mph (310 km/h) being possible EF5 damage. The tornado crossed Kitty Hawk Rd, where it rapidly strengthened to extremely high-end EF4 intensity with estimated wind speeds of nearly 200 mph, and the most violent damage from the tornado occurred around here.
The East Montgomery County Fire Department said that Station 154 in New Caney, Texas, "sustained extensive damage" after a storm swept through the area. - Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough ...
Wind gusts with this derecho were closer to 85 mph (137 km/h), and, though of a significantly shorter duration, caused more damage to trees and power lines than Ike. [22] In Bellefontaine, the storm's strength was sufficient to cause severe damage to the tower of the county courthouse, [23] a reinforced sandstone structure. [24]
Florida braced for the arrival of Hurricane Helene on Thursday, forecast to be a powerful Category 4 storm when it smashes into the state's panhandle. Officials issued dire warnings, pleading with ...