Flood warnings as thousands without power after Storm Darragh

Tens of thousands of homes stay without powerfulness and flood warnings proceed successful the aftermath of Storm Darragh.

Two men died erstwhile trees fell connected their vehicles successful abstracted incidents during the tempest implicit the weekend, which caused powerfulness outages and important disruption to travel.

Train operators person warned disruption is acceptable to proceed connected the obstruction network.

The upwind connected Monday is expected to beryllium mostly dry.

The Energy Networks Association, which represents vigor networks successful the UK, said arsenic of 19:00 GMT connected Sunday astir 118,000 customers were without power. The relation said 1.8 cardinal radical person already been reconnected.

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks said arsenic of 21:00 astir 3,000 homes stay without powerfulness aft Storm Darragh. Electricity has been restored to 92,000 homes, aft sustained precocious gusts caused the powerfulness cuts.

Affected residents are being offered lukewarm drinks and charging facilities astatine assemblage centres.

Flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected - stay successful force, with 48 successful England and 2 successful Wales.

There are 147 flood alerts - meaning flooding is imaginable - successful England and 14 successful Wales.

National Rail said disruption volition proceed for immoderate services.

Buses are replacing trains betwixt Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent until the extremity of the day.

Damage to overhead electrical wires means determination are nary trains betwixt Bromsgrove, Redditch and Birmingham New Street, and Lichfield Trent Valley.

There are besides disruptions connected immoderate Great Western Railway Routes and connected assorted Transport for Wales routes.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told the BBC connected Sunday: "We saw 2 radical person mislaid their lives and determination has been large disruption."

"I cognize the vigor caput has been speaking astir the powerfulness cuts and has been making definite that radical person the power, and my thoughts are with those who person had that disruption."

The upwind connected Monday volition beryllium adust and agleam successful the north, with wintry sunshine.

Further south, it volition beryllium breezier with agleam spells and adaptable cloud.

But for most, it volition beryllium adust with the unusual airy ablution for confederate England.