1968 Scotland storm
[3] The system moved north of the Azores the next day and still appeared as a shallow low pressure area.In the next 24 hours, this low explosively deepened 50 millibars to 956 mb (28.2 inHg) and passed over Central Scotland.[13] Officials said at least seven ships sank or went adrift in the river Clyde causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage.[3] In total the storm felled 8,000 hectares of forest across Scotland (1.6 million cubic metres of timber).[1][2] Singer Frankie Vaughan began to raise funds for the victims of the storm by holding a special concert at Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow.