Taxi driver killed by falling masonry after 122mph winds leave 10,000 without
power and flooded roads and leaves on the line mean misery for commuters
• Two deaths in Bridlington and Reading today after hurricane-force winds and torrential rain strike the nation
• Taxi driver, 61, was killed after masonry was blown off a building on to him and his taxi in East Yorkshire
• Motorcyclist dies in crash with a tractor on a leaf-strewn country road in Berkshire this morning, police say
• Motorists faced 13-mile tailbacks on the M4 in south Wales as floods of water sweep across the motorway
• 84mph winds tore down trees and ripped out power lines in parts of Cumbria and Northern Ireland
• More than 10,000 homes were left without power this morning, closing two schools in the Lake District
• Trains were cancelled in North-West because of tree on line at Penrith, with delays for dozens more services
• Environment Agency issues four flood alerts for north-east of England during high tide tomorrow morning
• Gloucestershire, Devon, Cornwall and south Wales have also been given flood risk warnings for Wednesday
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