Two men died at the weekend when trees fell on their vehicles in separate incidents during the fourth named storm of the season. Hundreds of flood alerts were in place across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, forcing the cancellation of dozens of train services.
As many as 66,000 people were still without power yesterday, more than 24 hours after gusts of up to 90mph brought down electricity lines across parts of the UK.
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