Storm Ashley aftermath as 80mph winds and rain down trees and spark flood warnings

The archetypal named tempest of the play has wreaked havoc with wide question disruption arsenic flights and ferries cancelled on with roads closed portion tens of thousands person been near without electricity

More than 100 flood warnings and alerts stay successful spot crossed the UK after Storm Ashley battered the state with 80mph winds and driving rain.

The archetypal named tempest of the play has seen powerfulness cuts with tens of thousands of radical affected successful Ireland and respective sporting fixtures were cancelled.

The hazardous conditions saw dozens of flights cancelled connected Sunday, including astatine airports successful Dublin and Belfast. And relation P&O Ferries announced its sailings betwixt Larne successful Northern Ireland and Cairnryan successful Scotland’s southbound westbound were cancelled.

Several roads successful the northbound of England, including the A66 betwixt County Durham and the M6 astatine Cumbria were lone reopened connected Monday greeting aft being closed owed to beardown winds.

A yellowish upwind alert for wind, issued by the Met Office, remains successful spot until 9am this greeting crossed the northbound and eastbound of Scotland and northeast.

The Environment Agency presently has 40 flood warnings successful spot crossed England, including on the southbound Cornwall seashore and ample parts of the River Severn. A further 94 places person been kept connected precocious alert overnight with imaginable flooding.

In Scotland, the Scottish Environment Flood Agency had 47 flood warnings successful spot with 8 issued by Natural Resources Wales. The Met Office said winds volition easiness somewhat arsenic Storm Ashley moves northbound eastbound connected Monday, with a premix of scattered showers and sunny spells expected successful its wake.