Cyclone Goretti - Isles of Scilly & Cornwall devastated!

[UK_Palms]

Yikes. While most of us have been focusing on the cold/freeze event in much of Europe recently, a powerful cyclonic system crept up on us from the Atlantic. This proved to be the strongest storm in 35-40 years for some places in southwest England. Cornwall and the Scilly Isles may have avoided the recent freeze event, but they have certainly paid the price with this Atlantic cyclone. I for one would have rather had the mediocre freeze event that I had recently (over this disgusting cyclone with 100mph+ winds) which have flattened multiple subtropical gardens and millions of trees.

 

The Met Office weather station at St Mary's airport in the Isles of Scilly recorded 99mph winds, but this station is on the eastern side of the eastern most island, thus about as sheltered as possible in terms of locations in the Isles of Scilly. You can safely assume that most places saw well over 100mph winds.

 

A National Coastline Institute station at Padstow in Cornwall recorded 123mph winds...

 

There isn't any PWS's on Tresco, but I am seeing winds of 219kmh / 136mph on St Martins which is just to the east of Tresco. So if anything, Tresco would have had worse. And the damage shows...

 

These are the latest images coming out of the Abbey Gardens on Tresco. I'm sure more photos of damage will be seen in the coming days....

 

Entire forests have been felled in Cornwall...

 

Trebah Gardens early assessment...

 

80% of trees flattened at St Michael's Mount in Cornwall...

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Power going out for well over 100,000 homes in Cornwall...

 

A video from Hayle in Cornwall. There is maybe 85-90mph gusts in this video, but nowhere near as bad as what was experienced in the Isles of Scilly or other parts of Cornwall...

 

Roofs have been ripped off houses, trees have crashed through houses and cars have been crushed like pancakes under trees, beach defences dismantled like pieces of lego...

 

 

Northern France hit pretty badly too...

 

So yeah, not your average storm by any means. Maybe a 1 in 50 year event for some parts of southwest England. In general it is a 1 in 30 year event for most of southwest England...

[kinzyjr]

Sorry to see this!

[Than]

Wow... I would also take the frost anytime but this madness.. I am worried about my plants when the wind is 50km/h, I cannot even begin to imagine 150 or 200! So sorry for the devastation.