No major damage from large storm
- Share via
A powerful storm unleashed tidal surges and ferocious winds that prompted hundreds to evacuate in Britain.
Waves up to 20 feet high rolled up against sea defenses in Lowestoft, the most easterly point in Britain, about 120 miles northeast of London on the North Sea coast.
But the peak of the predicted surge passed without causing any major damage.
Britain closed the Thames River barrier, downstream from London, as a precaution.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
Filmmaker Ondi Timoner was overseas shooting a documentary when the Eaton Fire destroyed her home of 14 years, and wiped her entire neighborhood away.
Wild theories, enduring myths and a long-overlooked suspect.
Not for want of trying – cleaner power has created lots of engine experiments, most dramatically Caltech versus MIT in the great electric car race of 1968, a story you’ll hear from the winner.
