Seven people including a two-year-old boy have died and travel has been severely disrupted as gales and heavy downpours hit parts of the UK.

Four people died on the roads in North Yorkshire, Berkshire, Shropshire and Cheshire and two were killed in Greater Manchester.
The boy died after a wall collapsed on him in Kentish Town, north London.
Gusts of up to 70mph mean flights have been cancelled, rail speed restrictions enforced and sections of motorway shut. The managing director of Birmingham Airport, Richard Heard, 49, died after a branch fell on his car on the B4373 Bridgnorth to Broseley road.

BBC NEWS | UK | Seven dead as UK struck by storms

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The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for Northern Ireland, with gusts of up to 80mph predicted.

About 14,000 customers were left without electricity for a time, and about 5,000 are still without power in an area from Dungannon to Newry.
Two people suffered minor injuries when two lorries overturned on the A1 near Loughbrickland in County Down.
The Met Office said winds would reach 60 to 70mph during the day and about 80mph on high ground. In the Republic of Ireland, an articulated truck and trailer narrowly missed being blown from the flyover onto the M1, north of Dublin Airport.

BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Severe gales lead to power cuts

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Main Tamworth road between Sutton Coldfiled and Tamworth - closed due to fallen tree

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BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Windy weather

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Nine people have died, travel has been severely disrupted and thousands of homes have been left without power as gales and heavy downpours hit the UK.

A two-year-old boy died when a wall fell on him in Kentish Town, London.
Two other people died in Cheshire, two in Greater Manchester, one in North Yorkshire, one in Berkshire, one in Shropshire and one in Humberside.
Gusts of up to 99mph have seen flights cancelled, rail speed restrictions enforced and sections of motorway shut. The managing director of Birmingham Airport, Richard Heard, 49, died after a branch fell on his car between Bridgnorth and Broseley, Shropshire, and a male passenger in a Ford Fiesta was killed when a tree fell on the car in Streatley, Berkshire.

BBC NEWS | UK | Nine dead as UK struck by storms

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A two-year-old boy was killed when a wall fell on him, London
An airport chief died after a branch fell on his car, Shrops
A man died when a tree fell on his car, Streatley, Berks
A lorry driver was killed when his vehicle overturned, N Yorks
A man died when a lorry blew into his car, Chester
A woman was crushed to death by a falling wall, Stockport
A man was killed when he was blown into a metal shutter, Manchester
A man died when he was hit by a tree, Cheshire
An elderly man was killed when a shed collapsed, Humberside

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Just some local stuff:

Minor damage done to a few roof tiles on my house. Over the road they had one of those large TV ariels on a high pole - it collapsed onto the roof late this afternoon.

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I've lost 2 fence panels and next door has a tree on their car

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PS the gusts recorded are KPH not MPH as stated by the weather presenter!

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BBC NEWS | In Pictures | Your pictures: Storm damage

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