Kayleigh,
The Danish Meteorological institute named a deep low to the north of the UK ‘Malik’ (from the Norse, “wave”) on 28th January. The system went un-named by the UK Met Office. Storm force north westerly winds over eastern Scotland and northeast England on Saturday 29th caused significant property damage and left 130,000 homes without power. There was widespread travel disruption to road and rail, the entire Tyne and Wear Metro was shut and there were two deaths from falling trees. Brizlee Wood, Northumberland recorded a gust of 93mph around noon. ‘Malik’ moved eastward into Scandinavia and central Europe during Saturday evening and Sunday where it was responsible for at least 4 further deaths and power outages that affected 680,000 people.
Hot on the heels of ‘Malik’ came ‘Corrie’ - this time named by the UK Met Office, and becoming the 3rd named storm of the 2021/22 season. ‘Corrie’ moved eastwards across Scotland on Sunday 30th January packing violent storm force south westerly winds, before exiting into the North Sea during the early hours of Monday 31st. Winds peaked on Sunday night and left property damage, power outages and travel disruption across Scotland. Stornoway in the Western Isles and Inverbervie on the Aberdeenshire coast both recorded gusts of 92mph and in the Cairngorm mountains, winds exceeded 120mph.
Thanks to the two storms - and with gas prices at record highs - the UK’s windfarms harvested a record amount of renewable energy over last weekend.
To view a video chronology of ‘Malik’ and ‘Corrie’ and their footprints, please click on the links beneath the map below.
To view the most up to date footprints of claims arising by postcode (and in context Vs earlier events) please click on the links in the table beneath the map.
