According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Windstorm “Christian” smashed into southern Britain Monday, October 28, knocking over trees, flooding lowlands, and disrupting land, sea, and air travel. (Officially named “Christian” by the designated authority at the Free University, Berlin, the storm has also been called “St. Jude,” “Carmen,” and “Simone” by local weather agencies in other countries.) It was one of the strongest extratropical cyclones to hit the UK in a decade. Gusts of 160 km/h (100 mph) were reported on the Isle of Wight in southern England, and…
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