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England, northeast England and Northumberland, with a gust of 96mph recorded at Berry Head, Devon. Two fatalities were reported on the day of the storm, one in Longton, Lancashire and another in Birmingham, both the result of falling trees impacting vehicles. In Northern Ireland, a cooling chimney

and Bristol, Paddington and South Wales, Exeter and Barnstaple, and Hereford and Worcester. Services were also badly disrupted between Birmingham and Redditch, Worcester, and Hereford. Flood defences were reportedly erected in Bewdly and Shrewsbury to protect local properties from the rising River Severn

and parts of the West Midlands, and around London and parts of Essex. In the Birmingham and Solihull area there were reports of flooding in properties and on some roads including the M42. In London and Essex there was flooding on the rail lines between Romford and Shenfield, with delays to services from

England, northeast England and Northumberland, with a gust of 96mph recorded at Berry Head, Devon. Two fatalities were reported on the day of the storm, one in Longton, Lancashire and another in Birmingham, both the result of falling trees impacting vehicles. In Northern Ireland, a cooling chimney

as the snow arrived airport runway closures were reported at Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds/Bradford and Teesside. Multiple Pennine road closures followed, along with some rail service suspensions. Meanwhile, the prolonged rainfall across southern/central England brought reports

on the East Coast Main Line between Grantham and Newark causing service disruption on that section of line. Early on the 23rd there were reports of surface water flooding on roads in the Birmingham area; also an organised band of locally severe thunderstorms moved north-eastwards into central

as the snow arrived airport runway closures were reported at Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds/Bradford and Teesside. Multiple Pennine road closures followed, along with some rail service suspensions. Meanwhile, the prolonged rainfall across southern/central England brought reports

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as it is not only the lightning strike that is dangerous, but many other factors linked to thunderstorms. These include intense rainfall, large hail and tornados. For example, the Birmingham tornado in 2005 and the Boscastle flood in 2004 were caused by thunderstorms. Other factors such as wind shear, turbulence