A great storm passed over Iceland on Friday night, October
9th, lasting well into Saturday morning.
Wind speeds measuring 20 m/s and higher were recorded at half of the
automatic weather stations in the lowland
areas and similar speeds were recorded at
80% of
automatic weather stations in the highland
areas.
In the town of Heimaey in the Westman Islands, wind-
speed* of 28 m/s
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