Windy St. Jude's Day Storm Fells London Tower Cranes

摘要

A crane manufacturer is looking for clues to explain what caused two of its tower cranes to sustain major damage during a deadly storm that blew through London in late October and caused travel delays, flooding and damage throughout western Europe. A tower crane collapsed, causing no reported injuries, onto the roof of the U.K. government's Cabinet Office in London during the brief, so-called St. Jude's Day Storm on Oct. 28. A second, similar crane also was damaged by the storm a few miles south, according to the German manufacturer.