A severe storm that hit 120 years ago produced some of the strongest winds ever recorded in the UK, a study has found.
Many weather records from before 1950 are still stored in archives, and are slowly being studied and digitised to produce a more accurate history of Britain’s weather.
During this process, researchers from the University of Reading found that ‘Storm Ulysses’ is amongst the top four most powerful ever to have struck England EvDEn EvE NAKliyAT and Wales.
The cyclone passed across eastern Ireland and northern England between February 26 and 27 in 1903, causing multiple deaths and damaging infrastructure and ships.
It got its name from the James Joyce novel which is set in the year after the storm, and describes its damage to thousands of trees in Dublin, Ireland.
Storm Ulysses got its name from the James Joyce novel which is set in the year after the storm, and describes its damage to thousands of trees in Dublin, evDEn EVe nAKLiyat Ireland.
If you liked this article and you would like to get more info regarding eVdeN eVE naKLiyat please visit the web site. Pictured: Photograph of trees blown over during Storm Ulysses in Dublin, Ireland
While digitising old weather records, University of Reading researchers found that ‘Storm Ulysses’ is amongst the top four most powerful ever to have struck England and Wales.
Pictured: Postcard showing a pier damaged during Storm Ulysses in Morecambe, Lancashire
A passage reads: ‘Lady Dudley was walking home through the park to see all the trees that were blown down by that cyclone last year and thought she’d buy a view of Dublin.’
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