Will London's New Year's Eve fireworks be cancelled due to 40mph winds?
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London is braced for 45mph gusts of wind on New Year’s Eve, leaving organisers of the city centre fireworks reportedly sweating over the event’s safety. Organisers of the fireworks at Victoria Embankment must act quickly given that thousands are set to arrive on December 31 to see Big Ben count down to midnight.
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay street party and fireworks display — one of the world’s most famous New Year’s Eve celebrations — was cancelled due to bad weather on Monday. London revellers will be crossing their fingers that the weather is better in the south.
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As of 4.30pm on December 30, there was no indication that the event would be cancelled, despite the Met Office’s weather warnings. He said a smaller display than planned could be held, adding that calling it off would have “political ramifications”.
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"They’re the most spectacular but they’re the most dangerous because there’s a bigger bang and projection of fragmentation,” he said. “If there is a risk you cut out the bigger fireworks. The wind speed and direction are the most important things.
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"You need to make sure you’ve got a free area downwind so any debris that comes off the fireworks isn’t populated by people. "The wind direction is the most important of the two — as long as it’s consistent, they will have put barriers in place to make sure no one is in the downwind hazard area.”.
