BBC Breakfast returned on Monday with Jon Kay and Sally Nugent and there was a sad update following Storm Boelo
BBC Breakfast issued a report on fatalities following Storm Boelo(Image: BBC)
BBC Breakfast host Jon Kay revealed two people have died as a result of Storm Boelo.
The presenter returned to our TV screens on Monday, October 26 alongside Sally Nugent when he shared that both men were fatally struck by falling trees while the storm persists in delivering dangerous conditions across the UK.
He said: “A man in his 20s was pronounced dead in North London after the car he was driving was hit by a falling tree, and hours earlier, a 60-year-old man died in Dumfries in Galloway.”
Chief Inspector Guy Ellwood, from the North West Command Unit, said: “This is a deeply tragic incident and our thoughts are with the loved ones of the young man who lost his life.”
Jon disclosed that Storm Boelo has plunged 90,000 households into darkness. Providing additional information, Thomas Magill described how Storm Boelo was “sweeping people off their feet” in Blackpool, reports the Express. He continued: “Emergency services worked tirelessly as it battled the North West, toppling trees and flooding parts of Cumbria.”
Thomas explained that a pub in Bouth, a Lake District village, has transformed into a community centre, providing meals and refuge to vulnerable residents cut off from electricity. These locals found themselves without power and hot water, prompting them to seek assistance at the pub.
Thomas went on: “As the storm moved in across the Irish sea, coastal areas off the Isle of Man were battled by high tides and strong winds. In Scotland, it was a similar story.”
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Footage captured the high street in Largs entirely submerged, with properties and shops left devastated. “Everything is absolutely swimming in sea water, sludge, leaves, debris, just mashed up confectionery. It’s awful,” a local said.
Travel has been severely disrupted across the region, with ScotRail urging passengers to check before setting off on their journeys. Thomas added: “Storm Boelo was also felt as far south as Kent, where emergency services worked continuously to clear blocked roads and secure areas. Today, thousands of homes still remain without power.”
Lawrence Slade, chief executive of the Emergency Networks Association, said: “The difficult thing is, we can’t actually get people out there to replace poles and wires until the worst effects of the storm have gone through.
“The clear message is that the teams will be working as hard as they possibly can to get people back on power soon as they possibly can in the safest possible way.”
Thomas remarked: “The worst of the storms may be over, but it’s unclear when power will return to the thousands of homes affected, and how long the clean up will take.”
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