Great Sheffield Gale
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The Great Sheffield Gale is the name given to an intense European windstorm which crossed the United Kingdom in mid-February 1962, devastating the city of Sheffield in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Nine people were killed across the country, including four in Sheffield;[1] damage in the city was on a widespread and severe scale never before witnessed in a major British city from a European windstorm, and only later matched by the effects of the 1968 Scotland storm in Glasgow.
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Type | European windstorm |
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Formed | 14 February 1962 |
Dissipated | 18 February 1962 |
Highest gust | 119 mph (192 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 950 mb (28 inHg) |
Fatalities | 9 direct, 347 indirect |
Areas affected | United Kingdom |
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The extratropical cyclone responsible for the gale subsequently moved over the North Sea, contributing to the North Sea flood of 1962, a storm surge in which at least 347 people died, predominantly in West Germany.