It became known why in Britain delayed 1.5 thousand flights

Storm Boelo, which hit the British Isles, led to the delay of more than 1.5 thousand flights at airports in the United Kingdom. This was reported by the Sunday Telegraph.

According to the publication, referring to the service tracking flights FlightAware, the average delay time was about two hours, and affected were the airports of London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

In Scotland, due to strong winds, a fallen tree killed a 60-year-old man. During the second storm in a few days in the region, the wind speed in places reached 38 m / s, and in England - 31.1 m / s.

Due to breakages of power lines, more than 82,000 houses were left without electricity. The United Kingdom Met Office maintains yellow and orange (penultimate) threat levels; the warning applies to the entire northern part of the UK.

The South West, South Wales, West and East Midlands were the hardest hit. National Grid, the operator of the main power grid in England and Wales, said its crews restored power to more than 131,000 homes and other facilities affected by the previous storm Austin, which occurred on Friday.

The bad weather led to the closure of many parks and the cancellation of cultural events: for example, in London, the authorities said that the Indian festival of light Diwali, which was supposed to be held in Trafalgar Square on October 25, will not take place.

Thousands of homes in neighbouring Ireland and Northern Ireland were left without power on Sunday. Ireland has 18,000 homes without electricity, down from 41,000 on Sunday morning.

The plane gave an alarm over the UK.

Winter will hit the purses of the British the hardest in Europe.