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An explosively deepening cyclone crossed southern England overnight, with hurricane-force gusts widely exceeding 100 mph along the south coast. Eighteen people were killed in the UK and an estimated 15 million trees were felled. The forecasting failure remains a defining moment in UK operational meteorology.
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