--- description: Severe storms in Britain are bringing in gales of up to 80mph as large swathes of the country are dealing with floods and seemingly endless... title: Swept Off Your Feet: This Is What 80mph Winds Are Doing In England image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4f0928afe189fe2/6986822d06f2c1516232d838/20140208_zaf_l94_010.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Swept Off Your Feet: This Is What 80mph Winds Are Doing In England by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2014 9:04 PM CUT  A man floats in the air as he uses his jacket to catch gale force winds as a storm hits the seafront at Sennen Cove at the Western tip of Cornwall, UK, Feb. 8, 2014. A man floats in the air as he uses his jacket to catch gale force winds as a storm hits the seafront at Sennen Cove at the Western tip of Cornwall, UK, Feb. 8, 2014.Mark Hemsworth—London News Pictures/Zumapress by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2014 9:04 PM CUT Severe storms in Britain are bringing in [gales](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554557/Gales-80mph-heavy-rainfall-create-flooding-misery-Britain-fresh-series-storms-sweep-in.html "undefined") of up to 80mph as large swathes of the country are dealing with floods and seemingly endless downpours. It’s all part of the wettest January in England since 1766, and much of the country has been under water for weeks. But some, it seems, are weathering the storm by enjoying themselves. \[[The Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554557/Gales-80mph-heavy-rainfall-create-flooding-misery-Britain-fresh-series-storms-sweep-in.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6023/swept-off-your-feet-this-is-what-80mph-winds-are-doing-in-england/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6023/swept-off-your-feet-this-is-what-80mph-winds-are-doing-in-england/"},"headline":"Swept Off Your Feet: This Is What 80mph Winds Are Doing In England","datePublished":"2014-02-08T21:04:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:06.021Z","description":"Severe storms in Britain are bringing in gales of up to 80mph as large swathes of the country are dealing with floods and seemingly endless...","url":"https://time.com/6023/swept-off-your-feet-this-is-what-80mph-winds-are-doing-in-england/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Photos","storm","U.K."],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4f0928afe189fe2/6986822d06f2c1516232d838/20140208_zaf_l94_010.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4f0928afe189fe2/6986822d06f2c1516232d838/20140208_zaf_l94_010.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Swept Off Your Feet: This Is What 80mph Winds Are Doing In England","caption":"Swept Off Your Feet: This Is What 80mph Winds Are Doing In England","creditText":"Mark Hemsworth—London News Pictures/Zumapress","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6023/swept-off-your-feet-this-is-what-80mph-winds-are-doing-in-england/","name":"Swept Off Your Feet: This Is What 80mph Winds Are Doing In England"}}]}] ```