Two dead, thousands without power after two storms batter UK

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2026-10-26

London (PA Media/dpa) - Two men have died and thousands of properties are without power after two storms hit the UK in three days. A man in his 20s was pronounced dead after a tree fell onto a moving car in north London, according to the BBC. Police were called to Dollis Road in Finchley at 12.40 pm 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 deep......

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