Storm Boelo's 82mph gusts halt trains, flights and ferries across Britain as more than 82,000 lose power
More than 1,500 flights have been delayed at Heathrow, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow, while Avanti is urging passengers not to travel north of Preston. P&O scrapped its Cairnryan to Larne sailings, and the Dornoch Bridge on the A9 shut in both directions. Over 400 people fled a caravan park near Preston. Amber warnings remain in place for Scotland and northern England through 9pm.
The island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides was lashed by 82mph gusts at about 4am.
London's Diwali on the Square and Aintree's Halloween Fun Day were both scrapped.
Wild Zoological Park in Bobbington said a keeper had been hit by a falling branch.
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