Hurricane Gonzalo: Woman Crushed To Death By Tree In Knightsbridge, London
The Daily Mail
reported that just before 10am two women were taken to the Royal Sussex
County Hospital in Brighton after being trapped under a fallen tree. A
third casualty was taken to Worthing Hospital by ambulance, the paper
added.
Wind and rain, with some of the worst conditions being
experienced in Scotland, led to 110 flights being axed at Heathrow
airport.
On the railways, poor conditions resulted in delays to
commuter services in southern England and elsewhere, while on the roads
some bridges in Scotland were closed to high-sided vehicles.
Some
areas were subjected to gusts of wind up to 65mph, but forecasters
predicted that the worst of the weather will be over after today.
Hurricane Gonzalo caused widespread damage and a power blackout last week when it hit Bermuda.
Today,
the tail-end of the hurricane was particularly severe in Scotland where
heavy rain led to poor visibility on the A90 south of Aberdeen, and the
Forth Road Bridge, the A87 Skye Bridge and the A898 Erskine Bridge were
among the bridges closed to high-sided vehicles.
In England, a
section of the A1(M) in Cambridgeshire was closed due to an overturned
lorry and there was heavy traffic on a number of motorways and A-roads.
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