The St Jude storm has damaged a lot of our street trees. Above is a tree I photographed in Palermo Road yesterday. Currently, the Council estimate that the damage is worse than at any time since 1987. The Council is estimating about 150 trees lost but there may well be trees that are still unknown.
Given the scale of the problem, it is taking a while to get around all the trees to clear them. The Council is prioritising areas where a fallen tree is blocking someone in their home, or blocking a road. I gather they were working up to midnight last night and from the early hours this morning.
Surprisingly, it does not always seem to be the youngest trees that get damaged the most. I had a look at some of the new trees planted around Park Parade this morning and they seemed intact. I recall that in the Kensal Rise tornado of a few years back, the hundred year old trees in the tornado area were destroyed. Nearby the then very recently planted saplings on Buchanan Gardens were fine.
UPDATE
There is a list of street trees that the Council knows about here.
FURTHER UPDATE
The relatively limited damage to Southern English woodlands is covered here.
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