Storm Angus

Storm Angus was named on 19 November, with southern and southeast England, especially along the Channel coast expected to be the greatest affected areas as the storm moves northeast on 20 November.^[13][5] The storm was known as "Nannette" in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.^[14] Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, were hit with hurricane-force winds with the highest wind gusts since its 1990 record.^[15]

The south-west of England was affected with over 1,000 power outages, mostly in Devon. Residents were evacuated due to flooding near South Molton, Devon. Further flooding was reported in Braunton, Bradiford, Devon, and East Bar, Swanage, Dorset. The high winds affected train service in the south-east, ferry crossing at the Port of Dover and the Brighton 10k run.^[1]

The National Grid launched an investigation whether a ship's anchor damaged four of the eight cables of the Cross Channel high voltage interconnector during storm Angus, which would leave it only able to operate at half of its capacity until February 2017.^[16]

A 39-year-old woman was found in the sea near Folkestone and was airlifted to hospital; she later died.^[17] Russell Sherwood, aged 69, had been reported as missing on the day of the storm: a car was found upside-down in the River Ogmore with his body inside on 23 November.^[18]

Storm Barbara

Storm Barbara was named on 20 December.^[23][5] Approximately 1,000 homes were without power in Northern Ireland.^[21] Part of a school roof was ripped off at Rhosgadfan near Caernarfon, Gwynedd, while hundreds of homes across Wales experienced power cuts.^[24]

Storm Conor

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Storm Conor was named three days after Barbara on 23 December^[5] with mostly amber warnings for the Northern Isles and north Caithness on Boxing Day. Hundreds of homes across Scotland and The Shetland Islands experienced power cuts.^[25]

Storm Doris

Storm Doris was named on 21 February and impacted Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands on 23 February 2017.

^[27][28][29] A gust of 94 mph (151 km/h; 82 kn) was recorded at Capel Curig, Wales.^[30] On its approach the storm strengthened considerably going through a process called bombogenesis,^[31] wherein the central pressure of the system fell at a very fast pace; 24 hPa (0.71 inHg) of pressure in 24 hours to 974 hPa (28.8 inHg).^[32][33]

A 32-year-old woman was killed in Swindon when blown with an empty pram into the road.^[34] Another woman, Tania Martin, a 29-year-old, died in Wolverhampton when debris fell on her in the street. She was struck by a block of wood ripped off a water tank cover which had been untouched for years by the owners of the Mander Centre, who later had to pay £1m+ in damages to her family.^[35][36] A man in his 80s died in hospital on 26 February after the car he was travelling in was crushed by a falling tree.^[37] The Shropshire and Wolverhampton incidents were chronicled in the final episode of the second series of Ambulance, a BBC One documentary programme, the following October.^[38][39]

A girl was seriously injured when a ceiling collapsed on her at the Southwood School in Milton Keynes.^[40] On 23 February 2017, during high winds caused by Storm Doris, a Flybe plane (Flight 1284) from Edinburgh to Amsterdam crash landed on the runway at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: the rear right landing gear collapsed but there were no injuries.^[41]

The storm hit the Copeland constituency on polling day of the by-election, which some commentators suggested might reduce turnout.^[42]

There was also snow and rain. Road, rail and air travel was disrupted and there were failures in power supply. The storm was described as a weather bomb.^[43][44]

Storm Ewan

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Storm Ewan was named by Met Éireann four days after Doris on 25 February and impacted Ireland on 26 February 2017.^[45] Ewan failed to form a low pressure system and damage was limited in Ireland to strong winds on the south coast.^[46]