Recovery begins after back-to-back storms cut power to 838,700 properties and falling trees killed two men
A lifeboat listing in rough seas off Newquay, Cornwall, as Storm Boelo's 84mph gusts left 82,600 homes without power across Britain.A youth knocked off their feet by Storm Boelo's floodwaters, as amber wind warnings remained in force until 9pm with 82,600 homes still without power.
At 3pm on Sunday, 161,400 properties were still without power, according to the Energy Networks Association. The dangerous conditions were 'limiting network engineers' opportunities' to start repairs. A 60-year-old man died at Mid Kelton near Castle Douglas, and a man in his 20s was killed in Mill Hill when a tree fell on his car. Scottish minister Shirley-Anne Somerville warned of more severe weather early this week.
More than 1,500 flights were delayed at Heathrow, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Storm Boelo's strongest gust was 85mph, recorded at Machrihanish in Argyll and Bute.
Flooding wrecked the kitchen of the Largs restaurant Tha-Tien-Thai: 'There is nothing left.'
