Storm Boelo leaves two dead and 161,400 properties without power in the UK

Storm Boelo swept across the UK on Sunday 25 October with gusts of up to 84 miles per hour (about 135 km/h) in Argyll and Bute, 83 in Snowdonia and 82 in the Inner Hebrides, according to LBC. The Met Office kept an amber wind warning in place from 21:00 on Saturday until 21:00 on Sunday, with a danger to life from dislodged objects.

Police Scotland confirmed the death of a 60-year-old man who was struck by a falling tree at around 10:30 on a minor road in Mid Kelton, near Castle Douglas (Dumfries and Galloway), and said there are no suspicious circumstances, according to LADbible and LBC. In north London, the Metropolitan Police confirmed the death of a man aged about 20 when a tree fell on his car, according to LBC; the London Ambulance Service said it was called at 12:29, according to LADbible. In Aberfeldy, two women were taken to hospital after another tree fell.

According to the Energy Networks Association, which represents the electricity distribution companies, 161,400 properties were without supply at 15:00 on Sunday, and storms Austen and Boelo left 838,700 properties without power at some point over the weekend, according to the Evening Standard. LBC reports a later figure from the same association: 344,900 customers reconnected and 82,600 still without power. In the north of Scotland, the distributor SSEN counted just over 24,000 customers affected at 11:00, and SP Energy Networks at least 6,000 homes in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, according to ITV.

In Scotland, roads were blocked by fallen trees and power lines, sections of railway were closed and speed restrictions were imposed, according to Network Rail as cited by the Evening Standard. LBC puts the proportion of flights cancelled in the UK at around 2%. On the continent, Euronews, with information from AFP, reports almost 60,000 homes without power in France and at least 10,000 in Germany, cancellations at Schiphol airport, trains suspended as a precaution in Sweden and ferries cancelled in Denmark; that outlet does not attribute the outage figures to any operator.

It is not known how many homes were still without power this Monday or when supply will be fully restored. The Met Office has a yellow wind warning for Tuesday, from 03:00 to midnight, in the far north of England, Scotland and north-east Northern Ireland, according to the Evening Standard.