Storm Franklin, the third severe storm to hit the UK in a week, has caused widespread travel disruption and left 32,000 homes without power.
The storm’s highest gust of 87 mph was recorded at the Needles on the Isle of Wight on Sunday evening, followed by gusts of 79 mph on a mountaintop in Wales.
A yellow wind warning for England, Wales, and southwestern Scotland was in place until 1 p.m. local time, while an amber warning for Northern Ireland expired at 7 a.m.
National Rail told people “do not travel” as it said the first services on most routes were cancelled.
Flooding in parts of Yorkshire blocked multiple lines and shuttered South Yorkshire’s Rotherham Central railway station until Tuesday.
Train operator Northern posted a photograph on social media showing the tracks submerged under flood water.
There were reports of roads left impassable due to flash flooding across the region. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service reported saving a number of people from stranded cars on the A61 at Harewood Bridge.
There was also flooding in Matlock in Derbyshire after the River Derwent burst its banks.
Stretches of the M60 in Greater Manchester and the M6 in Lancashire were closed due to incidents during the storm, including a lorry that hit a bridge and caught fire.
A post on the Lancs Road Police Twitter account said: “High winds caused this HGV to hit a bridge and burst into flames on M6. Driver luckily escaped from cab with help from other motorists and is being assessed at hospital.”
Last week marked the first time three named storms have been recorded within seven days since the storm-naming system began in 2015, with Dudley, Eunice, and Franklin.
Under the system, a storm will be named when it has the potential to cause an amber or red warning.
Storm Eunice, which is believed to be the worst storm to the hit the UK for decades, killed three people in the country and left 1.4 million households without electricity.
