Storm Henk: Motorist dies in aftermath of storm and fresh weather warnings in place
Have you witnessed or felt the affects of Storm Henk? Winds of up to eighty one miles per hour have caused widespread destruction across large parts of England and Wales - with the forecast continuing to show bad weather on the way. Here's everything we know about the disruption so far, and what we can expect in the next few days.
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00:00 The aftermath of Storm Henk continues. Flooding homes without power, travel disruption on
00:06 the rails and roads and even death is the result of 24 hours of battering winds and
00:11 pouring rain across parts of England and Wales. Wind speeds of 81mph were recorded at their
00:17 peak. It comes after a driver was killed when a tree fell on his car in Gloucestershire.
00:22 Police said there was a man in his 50s who died in the incident as officers rushed to
00:26 the scene at around 3.15pm following reports of a large fallen tree on an A Road. National
00:31 Highways has said several roads are closed as a result of flooding and rail companies
00:35 like Great Western Railway and South Western Railway added disruption is expected on the
00:40 train lines. But will the bad weather continue into the rest of the week? Forecasters at
00:44 the Met Office believe so, predicting around 55mm of rain in some of the worst hit areas.
00:50 They've also issued a yellow weather warning for rain for the south of England and London
00:54 from midday on Thursday 4th January until 3am on Friday 5th.
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