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The Great Storm of 1987
Hurricane-force gales hit southern Britain in October 1987, causing 1.5 billion damage, uprooting 15 million trees and killing 19 people. Sea spray was carried 40 miles inland and London was blacked out for the first time since The Blitz.
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