Aerials of London arena roof in tatters a day after Storm Eunice hits UK
Aerial footage showed the roof of a London arena in tatters on Saturday February 19, a day after Storm Eunice ripped through the British capital.
High winds in London shredded the white domed roof of the O2 arena, which has hosted stars from The Rolling Stones to Beyonce and Rihanna.
The Atlantic storm battered northwestern Europe on Friday February 18 with record winds of up to 122 miles per hour, killing at least nine people, and knocking out power for tens of thousands.
Storm Eunice brewed in the central Atlantic and was spun up from the Azores towards Europe by the jet stream. The storm posed a danger to life, Britain's Meteorological Office said.
A woman was killed in London when a car in which she was travelling was crushed by a tree, and a man in a vehicle in Liverpool died due to flying debris. Another man died after a vehicle collided with a fallen tree in the southern English county of Hampshire.
A total of 436 flights were cancelled across the United Kingdom amid record winds from storm Eunice, according to Cirium data.
More than 100,000 buildings were left without power, distributors said. Ferries and trains were cancelled.
The Met Office said a gust of 122 mph (196 kph) was recorded at The Needles on the Isle of Wight, provisionally a record for the most powerful gust ever recorded in England.
(Source: Reuters)
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