the great storm of 1987

Mark Riddaway tells the story of the most famous British weather event of recent history.

Episode 4 - WeatherLive - The Great Storm Interview

We hosted our annual WeatherLive Conference in London on Nov 4th 2017. The event coincided with the 30th anniversary of "The Great Storm", unexpected hurricane strength winds that battered the southern counties of the UK on the 16th of October, 1987.

In this episode we discuss the effects of the storm - both immediate and long lasting - with two former BBC weathermen, Michael Fish and Peter Gibbs and Ed Ikin, from the Royal Horticultural Society.