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 and gusts measuring 45.8 m/
s were recorded at the height of the storm, setting
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