Several die in Britain’s monsoon

Bridges closed, railways brought to a standstill and various road accidents took place as winds of up to 100mph battered Scotland and showed no mercy to the surrounding highlands of Britain.

Northern Ireland and North-East of England also experienced an impact of 98mph gales killing three people north of the border.

A man and woman were clobbered by a falling tree while on foot, at the grounds of the Hilton Dunkeld House Hotel, Dunkeld, Perthshire. The man was killed and the woman was left severely injured.

Another man was killed in Glencoe while being blown over inside a heavy goods vehicle. A lorry was also blown down on an embankment killing a woman passenger in County Durham on the A1M.

North Yorkshire Ambulance Services reported that a woman in her 40s died outside of a church in York after being hit on the head by a falling gargoyle, as she was walking through the High Ousegate area.

Elsewhere, the busy Kingston Bridge, alongside other major bridges in Scotland, was closed at the height of the windstorm, while ScotRail was obliged to cancel its railway, leaving a limited service to only operate in the evening.

Many roads in the North of Britain were closed by the police as an act of caution due to falling trees and structural damages.

The main chaos included over 90,000 homes and businesses completely deprived of electricity and streets littered with fallen traffic lights and overturned cars, blocking many routes.

Flooding has also become a common issue in many parts of Britain. On Thursday 7 June, 150 holiday makers and residents in Wales were stranded in 6 inches of rain before being rescued. The rain is set to continue for another fortnight and is predicted to hit other parts of Europe.

Some experts agree that this sort of aggressive weather may be caused by global warming. Though, the United Kingdom is located in a fragile area of the Northern Hemisphere and the climate is becoming excessively unstable each year, bringing damage costs into ranges of at least £200 to £250 million with each catastrophe.

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