In 1962, a record-breaking windstorm damaged 150,000 homes in a single British city
The 1962 Great Sheffield Gale unleashed hurricane-force winds on an unsuspecting British city, damaging nearly every council-owned home and leaving thousands of residents in the path of a historic disaster.
On February 16, 1962, a devastating windstorm known as the Great Sheffield Gale struck South Yorkshire. While the entire United Kingdom felt the pressure, the city of Sheffield bore the brunt of the destruction due to a rare 'lee wave' effect caused by the nearby Pennine hills.
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