Strong winds from Storm Darragh sends tree toppling into a car in South Wales. The storm caused massive damage in South Wales, with tree branches strewn about the towns and trees ripped up by their roots.
READ MORE:. Storm Darragh has beenStorm Darragh has left 200,000 homes without power as gale-force winds continue to damage buildings, topple trees and tear down power lines.
Hair-raising videos show just what havoc has been wreaked on Britain by the storm, with football games called off and precarious landings on airport runways.Footage posted by Briton Ferry RFC saw three large pieces of roofing torn from the clubhouse as a member stood outside. The pieces hit nearby parked cars - causing the alarms to go off - and members gathered outside to see the damage.
Later on, another man - a cab driver - was killed when a tree fell and hit his car in Erdington in the West Midlands. The car’s horn sounded continuously as police battled to rescue the gravely injured man from the vehicle. Ventusky Privacy Policy The Met Office warned that gusts of up to 70mph have created difficult driving conditions and disrupted public transport.
'We had no internet, and all our phone signals weren't working, so we were basically cut off and we do live in a wooded area,' she said, adding that they were too scared to leave the house on Saturday in case a tree fell on them. 'She eventually went away and spoke to apparently and she says, 'now some people have got electric and some people haven't, and we should have electric by Monday at 8pm',' she added.Deb Knowles, 43 said she was lighting candles and using a torch in her house on Saturday, and decided to take her unwell children to her mother's house on Sunday.
'I can't believe that in a first-world country, the only way to log an emergency is through one telephone number. It's quite ridiculous,' she added. KENSINGTON: Tree surgeons were called on Sunday morning after this one was felled by Storm Darragh in South Kensington, west LondonHEREFORD: A flood warden wades in the water on a road near a warning sign That hazard warning came into force at 1am on Saturday for those covered by the Met Office's rare red warning for high winds - and alerts remain in place today.
And fans who did attend games going ahead shared footage of the haphazard conditions, with players struggling to take set-pieces as winds clustered around them. — MetWatch ☈ December 7, 2024 🌀 Storm Darragh is now impacting areas of Western Europe, in addition to remaining strong over the UK and Ireland. Our team on the continent are at the coast of Normandy, France to capture the scenes.— Weather & Radar UK/Ireland December 7, 2024 LLANDUDNO: Kiosks were seen knocked over on the pier in North Wales as storms swept in
— Barra Best December 7, 2024 Read More Storm Darragh brings chaos with trains cancelled and power losses as map shows 200-plus flood alerts After the second confirmed death, West Midlands Police said they were called to Silver Birch Road in the Birmingham district of Erdington, just after 3pm yesterday, following reports that a tree had fallen and hit a car as a result of the storm conditions.
The man was driving his Citroen vehicle on the A59 at Longton, near Preston, at about 9am, and was pronounced dead at the scene. — The Whitby Photographer December 7, 2024 WESTMINISTER: More bad weather is expected today as Storm Darragh batters Britain - people are pictured taking precautions under downpours
In a 7th century epic from Irish mythology, The Cattle Raid of Cooley, it appears in its original form of Dáire. Advertisement GWR also told passengers to avoid routes between Cardiff and Swansea until 12noon at the earliest, while following up the cancellation of Bath Christmas Market yesterday by urging people not to reach it by rail today.
The Met Office said heavy rain was expected to persist in central and eastern parts of England throughout Sunday, with 20-25mm forecast to fall across much of the country.In Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, a large tree was uprooted and blown on to houses, while just along the coast at Weston-super-Mare huge waves crashed against the sea defences, threatening sightseers.
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