Hurricane-force winds hit northern U.K. (crosspost)

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112 mph winds in Czech Republic.

LONDON - Hurricane-force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe on Thursday, killing 27 people and disrupting travel for tens of thousands — including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose plane circled for 15 minutes before landing amid winds gusting to 77 mph.

The storms were among the fiercest in years, ripping off part of the roof at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, toppling a crane in the Netherlands and upending trucks on Europe's busiest highway.

By evening, weather-related accidents had killed 27 people, including a 2-year-old boy hit by falling brick from a toppled wall in London.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2694833&mesg_id=2694833

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070119/ap_on_re_eu/northern_europe_storm