In Pictures: How Storm Henk Brought Chaos And Disruption With 80mph Wind And Heavy Rain

Storm Henk battered elements of the UK on Tuesday, with sturdy winds and heavy rain inflicting chaos for a lot of within the south.

Introduced on by an space of low strain, south Wales and southwest England felt the complete extent of the storm – with winds reaching as much as 81mph round Devon – round late morning and early afternoon on Tuesday.

The storm then stretched up in direction of the Midlands and to East Anglia, with inland gusts climbing as much as 70mph and accompanied by rainfall.

The Met Workplace launched an amber extreme climate warning for these elements of the UK from 10am till 8pm yesterday, together with a yellow rain warning for a lot of the identical space.

Journey disruptions, roof harm and energy cuts adopted. In south-east London, one lady was taken to hospital with accidents – stated to not be life-threatening – after being hit by a falling tree.

The Power Networks Affiliation, which collates information from all power suppliers, believes 38,000 clients had been with out energy by 7pm on Tuesday, though 102,600 folks had their energy restored.

Flooding blocked roads and rail networks, with 290 flood warnings and 360 flood alerts in place as of 10pm.

Thameslink urged passengers to not journey except they completely should attributable to “a number of weather-related incidents” and the South Western Railway discouraged folks from utilizing their companies altogether attributable to “excessive disruptions”.

Storm Henk was named by the Met Workplace, in partnership with Met Eireann in Eire and KNMI within the Netherlands, a apply which has been happening for 9 years.

It’s the eighth named storm to hit the UK in three months.

The Met Workplace submits identify ideas from the general public, and names of those that assist reply to extreme climate.

Met Eireann’s names are impressed by well-known scientists, whereas KNMI’s names are often Dutch and submitted by public guests all year long – which is the place Henk got here from.

Fortunately, greater strain is predicted to maneuver in by the weekend which ought to scale back this turbulent spell of climate, though the Met Workplace has forecast some extra moist and windy spells till then.

Right here’s a take a look at a few of the most hanging pictures of the storm – and the affect its had on the UK – to emerge to date: