Gales and heavy downpours have started to batter many parts of the UK.

Storms have hit much of England, Wales and Northern Ireland while Scotland has seen its first major snowfalls of 2007 with the A9 in the Highlands affected.
The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning, advising downpours and gusts of up to 70mph could cause rush hour travel disruption.
A man has died after a branch fell and went through the windscreen of his car in Bridgenorth, Shropshire.
The accident happened on the B4373 Bridgenorth to Broseley road. A second car heading in the opposite direction also collided with part of the branch but its driver was uninjured, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

BBC NEWS | UK | Storms affecting rush hour travel

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