river Killed As 80mph Winds Batter UK

A motorist has been killed after a tree fell onto a vehicle during winds of over 80mph which were blown by the tail end of Hurricane Katia. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser.

Severe gales have left thousands of people without power and caused widespread travel disruption.

The driver died while travelling in a private minibus on the A688 at Dunhouse Quarry, between Staindrop and Barnard Castle in County Durham.

Durham Police said a passenger was also taken to hospital in Darlington with serious injuries following the incident at about 3pm.

Trees in Liverpool have blown onto cars

High waves have caused ferry companies to cancel services and train lines and roads have been affected by falling trees and branches.

Forecasters said the fastest recorded gust was 82mph at Capel Curig in North Wales.

An 11-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after being hit by a roof blown off a garage in Bradford.

His injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

A roof collapsed onto cars in Langley Moor, County Durham

Firefighters in West Yorkshire said they were called to a number of other weather-related incidents this afternoon including two in which telegraph poles came down, setting fields on fire.

Scotland has seen the brunt of the bad weather with blustery showers continuing for much of the day and the bad weather set to continue into Tuesday.

The Met Office earlier issued severe weather warnings to people in Northern Ireland, central and south west Scotland and north west and north east England.

The warning, classed as an amber alert, said: "The remains of Hurricane Katia are expected to come across the UK on Monday, bringing a spell of very windy weather.

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"There remains some uncertainty about its track and intensity, though with increasing indications that Scotland and Northern Ireland are most likely to bear the brunt."

The Environment Agency issued several flood alerts for inland and coastal areas in Wales and the north east and north west of England.

In County Durham, a roof was torn from a building by strong winds and landed on 15 parked vehicles.

Ferry companies have had their schedules disrupted by huge waves

A spokeswoman for Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service said no one was injured in the incident.

CE Electric UK, which provides power in the north east of England, said it was working to restore the power supply to about 10,000 properties.

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A spokesman for Network Rail said there had been very little disruption to trains.

Hurricane Katia last week viewed from the International Space Station

He said minor disruption occurred when branches, trees and other items blew on to lines including a holidaymaker's tent which blew from a campsite on to the track

Katia is the second major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season and was rated as category four on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale at its peak.

The scale rates hurricanes from one to five, with five being the strongest
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