Chris Kamara from London Fire Brigade said: "There has been no actual collapse or structural damage to the building, but due to the nature of the canvas material which covers The O2, it has come loose in high winds and looks quite dramatic.
Storm Eunice tore down rooftops and trees, crushed cars and sent planes skidding on London's runways as millions of people across the United Kingdom hunkered down at home to stay out of hurricane-strength winds.
The UK Met Office expanded its rare "danger-to-life" weather alert on Friday morning to include most of the south of England and some of Wales, before Eunice picked up speed with winds as high as 122 miles per hours (mph), the fastest on record in England. High wind speeds is what make wind storms intense.
Strong winds battered parts of Britain and Northern Europe on Friday, as a severe storm led to the deaths of at least six people in the region, damaged buildings and severely disrupted travel by air, land and sea.
The storm, called Eunice, tore into roofs, flung debris through streets, wobbled planes in the skies and led the British authorities to issue a rare weather safety warning for London. Britain’s national weather service, the Meteorological Office, said a wind gust of 122 miles per hour was recorded on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, which if confirmed would be the country’s highest ever. Severe weather warnings were also issued in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Storm Eunice tears huge hole in roof of London's O2 Arena in Greenwich
ITV News – 18th February 2022
New York Times: Storm Eunice slams northern Europe with dangerously high winds
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