Two men are killed by falling trees as Storm Boelo recovery underway to clear flooded roads - but tens of thousands remain without power

Two men have been killed by falling trees and thousands of properties are without power after two storms hit Britain in three days.

A man in his 20s was pronounced dead after a tree fell onto a moving car in north London.

Police were called to Dollis Road in Finchley at 12.40pm on Sunday, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Chief Inspector Guy Ellwood, from the North West Command Unit, told the BBC: 'This is a deeply tragic incident and our thoughts are with the loved ones of the young man who lost his life.'

London Ambulance Service sent ambulance crews, incident response officers and paramedics from its hazardous area response team and a trauma team from London's Air Ambulance.

It comes after a 60-year-old man died after he was hit by a falling tree in Dumfries and Galloway, western Scotland, at about 10.30am on Sunday.

Two women were also taken to hospital after they were struck by another falling tree in Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross.

First Minister John Swinney expressed his condolences for two people who died as a result of Storm Boelo over the weekend.

In a post on X, the First Minister said: 'My deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the two people who have tragically lost their lives as a result of Storm Boelo.

'My thoughts are with all those affected by the damage and I thank the emergency services working through the night to keep people safe.'

CORNWALL: Waves pond the Porthcawl coastline during Storm Boelo with fears a third storm could be on the horizon 

SCOTLAND: A couple take cover as waves crash over the promenade in Largs during Storm Boelo

A yellow weather warning for wind covering Scotland, North East England, North West England, and Northern Ireland is in place from tomorrow at 3am until 11.59pm after Storm Boelo pummelled the north of the UK, bringing 84mph gusts and a third of a month's rain to pockets of Scotland.

Power cuts hit 838,700 British properties during Boelo and its predecessor by hours, Storm Austen.

By 7pm on Sunday, 90,600 customers were still without power, said the Energy Networks Association, which represents operators in the UK and Ireland.

Britain is currently bracing itself for more wild weather today, with rain set to 'sweep across the north-east'.

Met Office forecaster Aidan McGivern said: 'It's a very similar situation to Boelo on Monday and Tuesday. 

'In other words, the strongest winds expected to affect northern parts of the UK are expected to arrive on Tuesday.

'Risks of 70mph wind gusts, yellow warning in force, but of course we'll be watching this one very closely.'

Strong winds wreaked havoc over the weekend with a tree crashing through the roof of a home in Southampton, Hampshire, while a family was watching television.

It left three holes and a large crack, and a 16-year-old boy was showered in glass, but no one was seriously injured. 

Mother of two Aman Kaur, 45, said: 'Suddenly we thought it was a bomb. The glass and the noise were shocking.'

Meanwhile, in Cornwall, a passerby was punched by a man on Polzeath beach when he tried to warn a family against entering the sea during Storm Austen. 

A witness, who asked not to be named, told Cornwall Live: 'I was just at Polzeath Beach and witnessed a family with young children enter the red-flagged beach. 

'A passerby then approached them and the father of the family proceeded to punch him in the face. The passer-by walked off after the altercation and a few minutes after the lifeguards on the beach asked the family to leave.' 

Mr Swinney met senior politicians, emergency teams and forecasters on Sunday to discuss the ongoing response to the weather, amid warnings that similar conditions will return early this week.

After the meeting, Stuart Wilson, of Transport Scotland, said 'significant recovery work' is required before the network returns to normal.

Meanwhile, Scottish Social Justice and Housing Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said: 'While we expect some respite from the adverse weather during the day on Monday, there is a possibility of more severe weather conditions early on in the week and we urge everyone to continue to follow advice and heed any warnings.'

A yellow Met Office warning for strong winds and potentially damaging gusts is in place from 3am on Tuesday to midnight for the far north of England, Scotland, and the far north-east of Northern Ireland.

LANCASTER: A huge chestnut tree crashed into a home while the homeowner was making a cup of tea in the kitchen. No one was injured 

DARLINGTON: A large tree crashed through the roof of a £600,000 home yesterday. The house was unoccupied and its new owners were due to move in next week

SCOTLAND: King George V Park in Glasgow's southside was flooded by the overnight rainfall during Storm Boelo

Footage showed floodwater coursing around the town of Largs, North Ayrshire, on Sunday.

Staff at its Thai restaurant Tha-Tien-Thai shared a video of their kitchen overrun by water with the caption: 'There is nothing left.'

It closed its doors for the foreseeable future 'due to larger flood restoration than originally planned'.

Dangerous buildings in Ayr, south-west Scotland, were evacuated by police, as well as a caravan park in Ballantrae, around 33 miles away.

Emergency services were called to a flooded care home in Sidney Street, Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, on Sunday evening.

Police Scotland said everyone at the care home was accounted for, local road closures were in place and officers were expected to remain on site overnight to assist.

Some flights were diverted from landing at Leeds Bradford Airport and others were cancelled.

On Sunday evening, Northern Powergrid, which distributes electricity across Yorkshire and the North East, said 13,000 customers in the region were expected to be without power beyond Sunday night.

The energy company added electricity had already been restored to 102,000 customers.

Train journeys were also disrupted. Network Rail Scotland shared an image of flooding from the tracks to the platform in one Glasgow station and fallen trees above the lines near another.

Speed restrictions were in place across Scotland and several sections of its railways closed, the operator added.

It came after Network Rail posted photographs of a trampoline beneath a train and a shed by the tracks, in a call for those living near rail lines to firmly secure their garden furniture.

Collapsed trees, cables on carriageways, strong winds and damaged surfaces prompted closures to major roads in Scotland.

SCOTLAND: A fishing boat is stranded at Irvine Harbour in Ayrshire after coming loose from its moorings when Storm Boelo passed through the area

SCOTLAND: There was extensive damage and disruption un Inverclyde. A yellow weather warning for wind comes into force tomorrow at 3am 

Storm Boelo followed Storm Austen, which brought strong winds to southern parts of the UK on Friday.

Gusts of 76mph were recorded at St Mary's Airport in the Isles of Scilly, with 74mph at Aberporth in South Wales and 71mph at Culdrose in Cornwall.

Met Office meteorologist Craig Snell said it is hard to compare storm to storm because they affect different areas and 'if a branch falls on your car in one, then you're probably going to feel like that one was the worst storm ever'.

Storm Amy brought a gust of about 92mph and more than 100mm of rain to similar parts of the UK last year, which appears more severe than these two, he pointed out.

Storms often happen in quick succession, Mr Snell said, adding that Bert, Conall and Darragh appeared in about one week in 2024.

'If the atmosphere is ripe for storm, it tends to mean it's ripe for a couple of storms, so it is a fairly common thing,' he said.

The looming low pressure system does not appear as potent as Austen and Boelo.

There were no current plans to name it as of Sunday afternoon but it will bring further wet and windy weather, Mr Snell said.

The country can expect a return to more dry and settled conditions after that, he added.

The Environment Agency early on Monday issued 10 warnings that flooding is expected and 65 alerts where it is possible.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency said 10 flood warnings and 11 flood alerts were in place, while Natural Resources Wales reported nine flood alerts were active at the same time.