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| | Sunday, 27 October, 2002, 18:15 GMT In pictures: Gales batter Britain Winds of up to 90mph swept across England and Wales, wreaking havoc on roads and railways over the weekend. Four adults and three children were killed and several others seriously injured by falling trees.
 The start of the 2002 Clipper race is postponed for 24 hours due to bad weather  A man struggles with gales and driving rain at the event, in Liverpool's Albert Dock  Norma Clague walks her dog, Sparkey, past a fallen tree blocking a road in Frodsham, Cheshire.  A family of five in North Wales had a lucky escape when a van stopped their caravan from being crushed  A plane is flipped upside down by wind at Cardiff airport.  A walker struggles with his umbrella in gusts of strong wind in London | | See also:  27 Oct 02 | UK 27 Oct 02 | Wales 26 Oct 02 | UK Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Top England stories now: Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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