LONDON: Disruption from Storm Bert continues in many parts of the UK and thousands of home are without power.
A man in his 60s died on Saturday after a tree hit his car near Winchester, while a number of homes were flooded in counties Down and Tyrone in Northern Ireland, reports BBC.
Yellow warnings for wind and rain are in place for western parts of Scotland and Wales, south-east England and Northern Ireland on Sunday.
Meanwhile, there were 81 flood warnings in place across England, Wales and Scotland on Sunday morning.
Storm Bert has caused roads and homes to flood, and led to power cuts. Around 28,000 properties are without power across the UK, according to PowerOutage, a data aggregator.
In Denbighshire, north Wales, five adults and five children were rescued from a house following a landslide on Saturday.
Following hours of heavy rain and wind caused by Storm Bert, residents in Dundonald in Northern Ireland were stuck in their houses due to the flood water on Saturday.
Meanwhile, up to 10 homes may have been flooded in Coalisland.
Travel has also been disrupted, with roads and train lines affected by floodwater, fallen trees and other debris.
Ross Easton, of Energy Networks Association (ENA) which represents the UK’s power network operators, said: “There are a few localised weather-related power cuts in parts of Britain this morning. However, for most parts of the country the severe weather hasn’t yet had a significant impact.
“Forecasters are describing this as a ‘multi-hazard event’ with the worst of the weather yet to arrive, and so our members have extra engineers and contact centre teams available, and control rooms are monitoring the storm closely as it develops.”
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The Environment Agency (EA) has issued more than a dozen red warnings meaning flooding is expected in the north west of England, including for the M61 between Manchester and Preston.
The Met Office forecasts heavy rain developing overnight and into Sunday (November 24) for south-west and southern England, stretching from Oxford to Truro.
The yellow warning is in place from 6am on Saturday until 11.45pm on Sunday and up to 70mm of rain could fall during this time.
There is also a chance that some places over Dartmoor could see 100-150mm of rainfall, the national weather service said.
Strong winds are set to cause “dangerous coastal conditions”, reports the Met Office, and a yellow wind warning is in place until 9pm on Sunday for southern England and parts of Wales.
The strongest gust so far during the storm was 82mph recorded in Capel Curig, North Wales.
