Storm Floris Batters UK: Northern Ireland Faces 50mph Winds, Torrential Rain and Trees Toppled
Storm Floris battered the UK on Monday, becoming the first major summer storm since January to wreak widespread disruption. Dubbed ‘unseasonably disruptive’ by the Met Office, the violent system unleashed damaging winds, torrential rain, and structural threats across large parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England, and Wales on 4 August. Communities faced downed trees,…