Article 5W5PD Wind turbine blown over in Wales with more storms expected for UK

Wind turbine blown over in Wales with more storms expected for UK

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Tom Ambrose
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Turbine collapses outside village near Bridgend while motorists warned of further bad weather

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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