United Kingdom, one death and thousands of homes without electricity due to storm Boelo

Storm Boelo caused one victim today in the United Kingdom, where in the late afternoon tens of thousands of homes were still without electricity and transport was suffering severe disruption due to violent winds.

A 60-year-old man has lost his life after a tree fell in south-west Scotland, local police said. According to a spokesperson, the man was not in a vehicle and his death was confirmed at the scene.

An orange warning for violent winds remains in force until 9pm in Scotland and part of northern England, following the passage of a first storm, called Austen, which hit the south-west of the country on Friday.

Transport in Scotland is suffering serious disruption: according to Network Rail Scotland, falling trees and cables, along with flooding - which even reached the platforms of a station in Glasgow - have made it necessary to close roads and railway lines.

Furthermore, over the weekend, dozens of flights departing from Leeds-Bradford (England), Belfast and George Best (Northern Ireland) airports, as well as Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness and Aberdeen (Scotland) were cancelled.

Some ferry connections from Belfast to Scotland and England were also canceled today.

At the same time, the British and Scottish environment agencies have issued several dozen warnings for floods and floods, valid for late afternoon.

In Northern Ireland this afternoon just under a thousand users were still without electricity; the electricity network manager announced that, in the meantime, supply has been restored for around 11,500 customers.