STORM THE CAPITAL
If you had to think of somewhere associated with tornadoes, chances are the midwest of America might spring to mind first. Less likely to spring to mind? How about eleventh-century London. But it just so happens that on 17 October 1091, during the reign of William II, what we would now class as a category F4 tornado formed over southeast England and headed directly for what would go on to become the city of London. Winds in excess of 200mph destroyed more than 600 wooden buil