{"id":73741,"date":"2021-11-27T14:23:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T14:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=73741"},"modified":"2021-11-27T14:23:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T14:23:18","slug":"storm-arwen-two-men-die-as-gale-force-winds-hit-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=73741","title":{"rendered":"Storm Arwen: Two men die as gale-force winds hit UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> Two men have been killed by falling trees as Storm Arwen lashed parts of the UK with high winds, rain and snow.<\/p>\n

A head teacher died after a tree fell onto his car in Antrim and another man was hit by a falling tree in Cumbria. In Scotland, more than 100,000 people lost power.<\/p>\n

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Gusts reached speeds of 98mph in Northumberland, and about 120 lorries became stuck in snow on the M62.<\/p>\n

There are further warnings for wind, snow and ice across the UK on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A rare red warning for wind had been issued by the Met Office on Friday across the east coast of Scotland and north-east England, with the highest speeds of 98mph recorded at Brizlee Wood in Northumberland.<\/p>\n

Gusts overnight affected “a wide swathe of the United Kingdom”, the Met Office said, with buildings damaged and trees blown down.<\/p>\n

Gusts of 87mph were recorded at Orlock Head, County Down, while Inverbervie on the north-east coast of Scotland saw speeds of 78mph, and Aberporth in Wales had gusts of up to 77mph.<\/p>\n

The man who died when a falling tree hit his car in Northern Ireland was named as the principal of St Mary's Primary School in Maghera, Francis Lagan.<\/p>\n

Police in Cumbria said a man from Lancaster was killed after a tree fell on him in Ambleside on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

LNER advised customers not to travel until Monday – with weekend tickets valid until Wednesday – as it stopped trains running beyond Newcastle on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

ScotRail also withdrew services between Aberdeen, Perth and Inverness on Friday and there was disruption on other lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: Two men have been killed by falling trees as Storm Arwen lashed parts of the UK with high winds, rain and snow. A head teacher died after a tree fell onto his car in Antrim and another man was hit by a falling tree in Cumbria. In Scotland, more than 100,000 people lost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":73742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n