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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Tom Ambrose

HISTORICAL FACTS: Wind turbine blown over in wales with more storms expected for uk - The Untold Story

A collapsed wind turbine at Gilfach Goch, near Bridgend, south Wales
A collapsed wind turbine at Gilfach Goch, near Bridgend, south Wales. Photograph: Gerald Keogh/Media Wales

A 300ft wind turbine has been blown over in a south Wales valley as the UK braces for more dangerous stormy weather and high winds later this week.

Residents of the village of Gilfach Goch, near Bridgend, were woken at 6.50am on Monday when the £20m turbine – double the height of Nelson’s Column – snapped apart and crashed into the valley below.

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