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LONDON. — Britain was braced yesterday for its worst storm in a decade, with heavy rain and winds of more than 130 kilometres an hour set to batter the south of the country.The Met Office national weather centre warned of falling trees, damage to buildings and disruption to power supplies and transport when the storm hits overnight to today.
Between 20 and 40 millimetres of rain was predicted to fall within six to nine hours starting yesterday evening, with a chance of localised flooding.
It was to be followed by widespread gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour across southern England and south Wales on Monday, with winds reaching more than 80 miles an hour in some areas, forecasters say.
The Met Office issued an “amber” wind warning for the region, the third highest in a four-level scale, and urged people to delay their Monday morning journeys to work to avoid the worst of the bad weather.
Britain last experienced similar wind strengths in March 2008, but forecaster Helen Chivers told AFP the expected damage was more comparable with a storm seen in October 2002. — AFP.
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