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Storm Doris screams through the UK and Low Countries
Wind damage, sudden snow, travel disruption then an Arctic temperature drop for Scandinavia. Europe’s ‘weather bomb’.
Motorists struggle through the snow in Balfron, Scotland. Travel disruption affected many parts of Scotland as Storm Doris drove through the UK. [Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images]
By
Rob McElwee
Published On 25 Feb 2017
25 Feb 2017
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An embarrassing failure as the gritting lorry itself falls victim to a slippery road in central Scotland [Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images]
Walking across Millennium Bridge in London proves something of a struggle during the gale from Storm Doris. [Stefan Wermuth/REUTERS]
Storm Doris raged through England bringing down more than one mature tree. This one lies across a main road in Isleworth, London. [Toby Melville/REUTERS]
Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse on the south coast of England as Storm Doris hits the UK. [Glyn Kirk/AFP]
Sand blasting across the beach as Storm Doris heads for Ijmuiden, The Netherlands. [Koen van Weel/EPA] [EPA]
Gales scream into the Dutch resort town of Scheveningen, near the Hague. [Remko de Waal/ANP/AFP]
Emergency vehicles arrive after a plane veers off the runway amid a storm at Schiphol Airport. Its landing gear collapsed on approach, but no passengers were injured. [Michel van Bergen/AFP]
A car destroyed by a fallen tree in Krakow, Poland, as Storm Doris continues her destructive path through northern Europe. [Jacek Bednarcyk/EPA]