the storm Gerrit swept the landscape

Storm Gerrit has swept across the UK with wind gusts of over 130km/h and heavy rain. In England, roofs blown off, trees uprooted, brick walls that gave way… Residents of many towns discovered their neighborhoods disfigured after the storm’s lightning passage. “I sat up in bed and heard a noise, like a growling getting louder and louder, confides a local resident. It was thirty seconds of total uproar.“

Bad weather also in Scotland

In total, around 100 homes were damaged but no injuries were reported. On the transport side, the violent gusts of wind also caused some scares: planes bouncing upon landing, a train hitting a tree… Bad weather which did not spare Scotland or the Shetland Islands where fish and algae covered the fields because of the wind.