"Nick G" wrote in
:

Here in Worcester there was very little damage from the storm as the
worst of the winds were further east.

What does stick in my mind was the storm of January 1990. It seemed to
me to be just as severe as the October 1987 storm, but covered a larger
area and I think there were more casualties and damage as a result.

Nick

I've looked into this before, I personally feel it's because those storms
that form a bent-back front tend to me much more intense and tightly-cored
leading to a much narrow region of damage. The 1990 storm was more diffuse
and the winds were spread over a larger area.

Also gust data at stations in the damage swath show how in the 1987 storm
there were a higher density of gusts closer to the peak gust, whereas in the
1990 storms, one or two gusts were very strong, but a high percentage of the
gusts were much lower.

Cheers
Richard