The wet and windy conditions have been caused by a deep area of low pressure that formed on Thursday night and subsequently battered parts of the country.
Fast winds in the high atmosphere also brought the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto – which struck parts of the Caribbean and the USA – to British shores.
Trees collapsed, market stalls were destroyed and scaffolding ripped apart as wind speeds reached more than 75mph in some areas of northern England, southern Scotland and Wales.
British Airways cancelled 14 flights which were scheduled to take off from Heathrow yesterday morning, and delayed others.
A spokesperson for BA said: “Due to restrictions imposed by air traffic control as a result of adverse weather across the UK, we’ve made some minor adjustments to our schedule.” Flights to Scotland, Northern Ireland, Italy, the US and Switzerland were cancelled.
LNER, Transpennine Express, Northern Rail, Avanti West Coast and many other train lines all reported delays as a result of weather disruption.
Hundreds of homes across northern England were also left without power yesterday morning, with electricity companies trying to reconnect homes.
Denne historien er fra August 24, 2024-utgaven av The Independent.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra August 24, 2024-utgaven av The Independent.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
'Explaining a film takes the fun away for the audience'
Acclaimed director Andrea Arnold speaks to Louis Chilton about working with Barry Keoghan, plucking great actors off the street, and why working in US TV felt like a holiday’
Why you can't buy tickets on the UK's newest airline
Simon Calder hears about the benefits of wet lease’ capacity and white-tail’ aircraft from the boss of Ascend Airways
Fly me to the moon? Not tonight, thanks, I'm busy
Singer Olivia Rodrigo says men who want to go to space are weird’. It makes sense, writes Helen Coffey, who has her own list of signals that a first date is also likely to be the last
Penned in: family farms are facing an existential threat
Coming from a generation of farmers, Richard Benson has seen the battles those in agriculture face as he fears the tractor tax’ will irrevocably damage the British countryside
Barbados kid leading next generation in all formats
Jacob Bethell is starring for England in the West Indies with his flamboyant style and has a big future in the Test game
United have found a classy manager, in any language
Sporting CP’s Champions League match with Manchester City last night was full of intriguing sub-plots, as manager Ruben Amorim prepares to join Manchester United later this month and his sporting director and close friend, Hugo Viana, prepares to join City in the new year.
City thumped by Sporting in Amorim's home farewell
Ruben Amorim endeared himself to Manchester United fans before even arriving at Old Trafford by engineering a stunning 4-1 defeat of Manchester City with Sporting Lisbon.
Devastating second-half display sees Reds run riot
A vision of an alternative future turns into a brush with history.
North Korean troops will be cannon fodder' in Ukraine
The North Korean troops being used to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine face becoming cannon fodder” and their presence in the region will not alter the path of the war, said military experts.
McGregor 'took cocaine and raped woman' in hotel
Conor McGregor allegedly pinned down and raped a woman ina Dublin hotel while high on cocaine, the city’s High Court has been told.
