Photos: Deadly winds hit U.K.

 

One man dies as winds of over 160kph hit Britain and Northern Ireland.

 
January 3, 2012 11:07 AM
 
 
 
 
People stand next to a truck blown over in high winds on the A720 city bypass in Edinburgh, Scotland January 3, 2012. High winds and torrential rain have caused transport chaos across northern Britain, bringing down trees and causing structural damage to several buildings.
 

People stand next to a truck blown over in high winds on the A720 city bypass in Edinburgh, Scotland January 3, 2012. High winds and torrential rain have caused transport chaos across northern Britain, bringing down trees and causing structural damage to several buildings.

Photograph by: David Moir, REUTERS

 
People stand next to a truck blown over in high winds on the A720 city bypass in Edinburgh, Scotland January 3, 2012. High winds and torrential rain have caused transport chaos across northern Britain, bringing down trees and causing structural damage to several buildings.
Waves crash against the harbour wall at Portstewart in Northern Ireland January 3, 2012.
A woman walks in high winds in Edinburgh, Scotland January 3, 2012.
Police officers (R) stand by as firefighters work at the of a fatal accident where a tree fell in high winds landing on a truck killing one man in Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, south-eastern England, on January 3, 2012.
People shelter under an umbrella during heavy rain in central London January 3, 2012.
A girl walks her dog on a windy day along the bank of the river Swale near Helperby in northern England January 3, 2012.
A police car passes a road sign damaged in a storm in West Barns, East Lothian, on the east coast of Scotland.
Two trucks lie on their side, blown over by high winds, on the southbound M9 motorway near Stirling, Scotland January 3, 2012.
Sand is blown from the beach during a spell of high winds in New Brighton, north-west England on January 3, 2012.
 
 
 
 
 

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