20 years ago today the Great Storm hit the UK as the remnants of one of the storms from the 1987 Hurricane Season in the carribean. It was Hurricane Floyd from the bay of Biscay which crossed the atlantic and hit the UK.
The worst storm in 284 years: 23 people died from the storm and much devastation was caused
I remember it very vividly – I was 8 years old at the time and it knocked down our huge apple tree in the back garden

However, the thing I remember was the mistake british weatherman Michael Fish made the night before

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