The media lately has overloaded us with coverage of hurricane Irene, which hit the East coast of the United States late this summer. Other less publicized tropical storms have also been wreaking havoc this season. Tropical Storm Katia hit the shores of Britain and Ireland on Monday. The storm slammed the countries with the strongest winds they’ve experience in 15 years.The Associated Press reported on Monday, September 12, that only one English man was killed when a falling tree hitting the car he was driving. Tens of thousands have lost power and winds of up to 74 mph caused even more monetary damage to ferry and rail systems. Katia also brought rains that caused damaging coastal flooding. Although Ireland and Britain seem to be in the clear, "Norway, Sweden and Denmark said they expected gale-force winds to arrive there Tuesday."
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110912/ap_on_re_eu/eu_europe_tropical_storm
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