Junction 4a Harthill and Junction 5 are closed following the early morning collision. Not everyone was in their homes when the storm struck.

In the next 24 hours, this low explosively deepened 50 millibars to 956 mb (28.2 inHg) and passed over Central Scotland. [3] Over a thousand mature trees were downed in the Central Belt, as well as power lines.

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[14] A Glasgow police spokesman said that it was 'absolute havoc' in the city.

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Although Northern Ireland and the northern part of England were affected, the Central Belt of Scotland was worst hit, with 21 fatalities. [7] The highest temperature on that day was 11.8 °C (53.2 °F) at St. James's Park, London and the lowest was 5.1 °C (41.2 °F) at Lerwick, Shetland.

[7] The most rainfall on 15 January in the British Isles was 24.9 mm (0.98 in) at South Barrule.

It was a night those who lived through it will never forget.

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The 1968 Hurricane (or Hurricane Low Q)[1][2] was a deadly storm that moved through the Central Belt of Scotland during mid January 1968.

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“I remember thinking it was just as well we were walking and not rushing. During 1968, the total number of deaths registered in Scotland was 63,311: male deaths numbered 32,146, and 31,165 were female. [2] On 16 January 1968, about 150 troops from Edinburgh came to Glasgow to help with the clean-up operation.

“Schools would be off now of course, but we actually got a row because we didn’t get there until 9.30am.”.

The estimated damage in Rutherglen alone was £65,000 – nearly £8 million in today’s money. Gambian local Alka received £54,000 from his sugar granny and claims he wants her to 'die in his arms'. Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond arrived with classic American cars and caravans as well as a Covid testing centre. At around 3am on January 15 a chimney pot, shaken lose in winds of over 100mph, fell from the roof killing the 37 year old who was lying beside his wife. [7] 700 people were left homeless. 15 January 1968 began as a mild day, then temperatures grew cooler as the day progressed.

[13], After the devastation of the storm in the area, the Glasgow City Council quickly imposed a new policy to improve housing in the city.[3].

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We have created a browser extension. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. The first collision took place in the early hours of Friday morning on the westbound carriagewayof the M8 near Shotts before a second crash closed the busy motorway eastbound near Eurocentral.

[3] In total the storm felled 8,000 hectares of forest across Scotland (1.6 million cubic metres of timber). Geraldine Baird MBE, one of the founder members of the association, said: “The great storm hastened the first community based housing association in Glasgow which in turn allowed the then Rutherglen Housing Association to use that model to draw in funds to save firstly the tenements in Victoria Street, then Farmeloan Road. She said: “There was a building in Kirkwood Street and it had a big crack right through it, we could see it from the office. The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. She was not even aware there had been a storm when she woke up and found the trains were off.

“We moved on and in our nearly 40 years we have refurbished tenements, built new homes, expanded into Cambuslang and maintained stock through our factoring arm.”, Residents survey the damage in Kildale Street, Rutherglen in the aftermath of the Hurricane which struck on the night of 14/15 January, 1968, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. We were crawling about for ages.”. [6] Off the east coast of Scotland, a drilling rig called Sea Quest was set adrift in rough seas.

[2][3][6] Some said that the damage resembled what happened during the Clydebank Blitz in 1941. Angus Barr was sleeping in his Hamilton Road tenement home when the storm came in.

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[4][dead link] 20 people died from the storm, with 9 dead in Glasgow. A minister and councillor close to the President's cousins on the Isle of Lewis reacted to the shock news he and wife Melania have tested positive for Covid-19.

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However, the storm has been widely credited with marking a change in the housing strategy of Glasgow – and Rutherglen. "Destroyed by a devastating blow EVENT: Hurricane Low Q, January 1968", "Great Glasgow Storm – Monday 15 January 1968", "Winds Batter Scotland; Toll Is 20 – Glasgow Hard Hit – Snow Falls in Mideast Storms Lash Europe, Mideast; Scotland Hard Hit", "The "Glasgow Hurricane": A Fifty-year Retrospective", "Snow Storms and Wind Cause Misery in Europe", "Killer Storms Pound Europe, Batter Mideast", List of atmospheric pressure records in Europe.
When she arrived for work on the Monday morning she got quite a surprise. An interest-free loan of £500,000 was given by the Labour Government to the affected areas.

She suffered head injuries but survived to witness the damage the storm, known as Hurricane Low Q, wreaked.

How the Reformer reported on the storm days later, The wind caused major damage across the central belt, Paper Subscription to the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, Paper Subscription to the Paisley Daily Express, © 2020 Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd, Van crushed on M8 after smashing into lorry in three hour tailbacks following serious crash. 15 January – 1968 Scotland storm ("Great Glasgow storm") leaves 20 dead across central Scotland including 9 in Glasgow. Jermain Defoe in Tinder warning as Rangers striker reveals dating app imposter.

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It was described as Central Scotland's worst natural disaster since records began and the worst gale in the United Kingdom.

Our. At the time this was the strongest wind gust ever recorded in the United Kingdom,[10] though this was superseded in 1986 when a 173 mph (278 km/h) gust was recorded at Cairn Gorm.[11].

“I am 72 and it is the worst I have ever known.”. Everyone really rallied round to help each other but the building had to be demolished. [6] Many people evacuated the then Europe's tallest flats as they began swaying. There was a close there and we were both blown right down it.

[3][12] The storm continued to move over Northern Europe before dissipating on 18 January 1968. Wind gusts of 173mph were recorded in the Cairngorms before it passed. “The residents had to be evacuated and they were taken to the church hall at St Columbkille’s.