Eighty mile an hour winds brought chaos in their wake.
Roads were closed, trains delayed, trees fell down all over York, and in Skipton a lorry was blown off a bridge into a canal.
One man even had to be rescued by firefighters from a York roof because his ladder blew away. Everybody has been busy battling the elements. But at least it has put into context the sordid goings-on in Celebrity Big Brother.
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