25 January 1990

Thursday 25 January

1990-01-25

Events

 * Severe storms hit most of the UK.
 * The trail of destruction from the Isles of Scilly to Denmark left 100 people dead, 47 of them in the British Isles alone. The centre of the storm crossed the birthplace of Robbie Burns near Ayr on his birthday and became known as the "Burns Day Storm".