Storm Austen batters Britain, leaving more than 16,000 homes in the South West without power and schools shut
The Met Office warns power cuts and structural damage to buildings are a significant risk as the storm targets Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth and the Isles of Scilly from…
Gusts reached 76mph on the Isles of Scilly and Guernsey, and 71mph at Culdrose in Cornwall. Jersey closed all schools and colleges, and morning flights at Jersey Airport did not operate. Heathrow cancelled 19 flights and Gatwick 17. Storm Boelo arrives tomorrow, with an amber wind warning for parts of Cumbria and the North East from Saturday night.
National Grid said 2,241 vulnerable households were among the homes left without power.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham warned that the UK faces a 'winter of greater flooding'.
Meteorologists said both storms were 'weather bombs' that deepened explosively over the Atlantic.
