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Storm Boelo batters Scotland with 75mph gusts as amber warnings come into force and 80mph winds loom

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…
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…

According to the Met Office, flying debris and crashing waves represent a danger to life, with the public urged to stay indoors. The Foyle Bridge in Londonderry is closed in both directions, flights at Belfast City and Dublin airports have been cancelled, and TransPennine Express has advised passengers to use rail only if essential. London's Diwali on the Square celebration in Trafalgar Square has been called off.

Hundreds of homes in the south-west remain without power, one day after Storm Austen made landfall.

Halloweenville owner Barbara Ikim cancelled her sold-out Warrington event, calling it the 'hardest and worst decision'.

Rain totals reached 72mm at White Barrow in Wiltshire on Saturday.

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