The day started with the gust of about 75mph. In my area it was like
something from a horror movie. The trees bowed to the might gust of
storm Doris. The windows in my house were whistling and it was very cold
outside
In
Wolverhampton City centre, it was a bad day for a woman who on lunch
break was having coffee outside Startbucks in the city center when she
was left with a serious head injury after she was hit by a wood which
was about the size of a coffee table just before midday
Thousands where left stranded in London after dozens of flights and trains were
cancelled. A double decker bus as reported on the news left 5 people
injured after it overturned in Wisbech in Cambridgeshire.
A
man was seriously injured at Vitoria station in London after he was hit
by debris from a roof. He was rushed to the hospital by London
ambulance "as a priority" after he was treated at the scene for head
injury.
It
was not agood day for Iceland Air flight #FI440 after it decleared fuel
emergency due to it inability to land at both Manchester and Liverpool
airports due to strong battering winds of 100mph.
Pilot
after declaring fuel emergency had to be allowed to go to the front of
the landing queue. The landing was straight forward but not as smooth as
expected due to the battering winds
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| Plane blown sideways by stome Doris as it attempted to land on thursday morning |
Train services operated by CrossCountry cancelled
services between Birmingham and Newcastle, while Virgin East Coast
advised passengers to travel before 2pm on Friday instead.Trains were
also cancelled on the TransPenine between York and Newcastle.
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| Passengers checking for Train times and departures |
It was also reported that services were also severely
disrupted in the south, with Southern Rail running only one train from
London to Brighton per hour today.
More than 50 British
Airways flights were grounded including internal journeys and journeys
to Europe.Aer Lingus cancelled 12 flights between the UK and the
Republic of Ireland in anticipation of the winds.
On my way home
from the gym in borehamwood, it was not a fairy tale as the wind sweot
me off my feet and pushed me towards a car. I was lucky. A woman was not
so lucky as she was left disillusioned after gust swept her off her
feet and she hit her head on the street light as seen on the video below
somehwere in London
No
serious damage and injuries reported in my area as at the time of
writing this. it is now quiet over hear but not sure how it is in the
other parts of the UK
Video Credit: Hackney Finest Instagram
PictureCredit: Daily Star
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