[8] Such high wind speeds in an urban area were equivalent to those witnessed in Paris during Cyclone Lothar in 1999.

[3] The system moved north of the Azores the next day and still appeared as a shallow low pressure area.

In the next 24 hours, this low explosively deepened 50 millibars to 956 mb (28.2 inHg) and passed over Central Scotland.

[13] Officials said at least seven ships sank or went adrift in the river Clyde causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage.

[3] In total the storm felled 8,000 hectares of forest across Scotland (1.6 million cubic metres of timber).

[5] In England and Wales, a five-day freeze ended with some roads flooded by up to 3 ft (91 cm) of water.

[1][2] Singer Frankie Vaughan began to raise funds for the victims of the storm by holding a special concert at Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow.