100mph+ Wind Gust Causes Cruise Ship Nightmare

Causing a nightmare for travellers.

100mph+ wind gust causes cruise ship nightmare. We can confirm that the ship was transiting the Bay of Biscay in adverse weather and that a sudden gust of wind increased the wind to 100 knots. The highest wind gust ever recorded in a hurricane or cyclone was 255 miles per hour on April 10 1996 on Barrow Island Western Australia during Cyclone Olivia. At 1500hrs today we recorded a wind gust speed of 1022mph.

17th with 150mph winds. A trip aboard a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship turned into a nightmare when the boat tipped over onto its side. With more than 500 passengers aboard a cruise ship on the Clyde off Greenock rescued.

MoreExtreme gust of wind causes cruise ship to list injuring passengers. The bridge and walkway remain closed. I was just walking down the street the wind was pushing me behind not too hard and then all of a sudden there was a huge gust from the front and the wind.

Youre sitting in the train and therefore the train is your reference frame. Markoe elementary school shelter on Saint Croix. Extremely strong winds have caused power outages for thousands of homes in the area while school children have been banned from walking home due to flying debris.

These storms carried quite a punch as a record amount of people were killed from these hurricanes combined. Britain is set for wet and windy weather tonight as remains of sub-tropical Storm Ernesto breezes through. We will continue to update our status via our website and twitter.

On a big cruise ship or a Navy warship 25 mph is stiff but easy to manage as long as youre not caught out on deck. Windows shattered at the Claude O. The Nautica cruise ship has been torn from its dock Image.