Storm Boelo kills two as 90,000 properties left without power

Two men have been killed by falling trees as Storm Boelo brought severe weather across the UK on Sunday, according to the BBC [2]. A man in his 20s was pronounced dead in north London after the car he was driving was struck by a falling tree, the Metropolitan Police said, according to the report [2]. The incident happened on Dollis Road in Finchley at around 12:40 GMT. 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" [2]. The London Ambulance Service said it sent incident response officers, paramedics from its hazardous area response team, and a trauma team from London's Air Ambulance to the scene [2]. Hours earlier, a 60-year-old man died after being hit by a falling tree at Mid Kelton near Castle Douglas, Police Scotland said, according to the BBC [2]. Separately, two women were taken to hospital after being struck by a falling tree in Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, at around 12:50 GMT [2]. More than 90,000 properties were without power as of 19:00 GMT on Sunday, the Energy Networks Association (ENA) said [2]. The ENA said those still without electricity faced delays because the dangerous conditions were "limiting network engineers' opportunities to safely start the work" [2]. Across Storm Boelo and the earlier Storm Austen, which hit the UK on Friday, a combined 838,700 properties faced power cuts, according to ENA figures cited by the BBC [2]. Wind gusts peaked on Sunday morning at 85mph in Machrihanish, Argyll and Bute, with gusts of 84mph recorded in both Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides and Capel Curig in north Wales [2]. An amber wind warning from the Met Office was in place until 21:00 on Sunday across Scotland and parts of northern England, while a yellow warning covering Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and parts of the East and West Midlands and North Wales also expired at 21:00 [2]. The Met Office urged people to "stay indoors as much as possible," adding: "If you do go out, try not to walk, or shelter, close to buildings and trees" [2]. Four flood warnings were in place for parts of England and Wales on Sunday, alongside 17 in Scotland, with the heaviest rainfall recorded at Cluanie Inn in the Scottish Highlands, which received 130mm, according to the BBC [2]. Scottish government ministers and officials met on Sunday afternoon to discuss the storm's impact, saying in a statement that while conditions might ease later in the day, adverse weather could return in the coming days [2]. The Clyde coast was among the hardest-hit areas, with the main Skelmorlie to Largs road badly damaged and businesses in Largs flooded overnight on Saturday [2]. In Gourock, a boat ended up at the side of the road, and power was reported out in Girvan throughout Sunday [2]. In Dumbarton, shopkeeper Muhammad Zubair Ashraf said his mobile phone shop was flooded overnight, estimating £5,000 to £10,000 of damage and describing himself as "heartbroken" at the scale of the losses [2]. Travel was affected nationwide, with Police Scotland warning against unnecessary road journeys. Ferry services were disrupted, some flights to and from Belfast, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dublin airports were cancelled, and train services across the UK faced disruption, according to the BBC [2]. The storm followed Storm Austen, which brought gusts of up to 84mph to Jersey on Friday, caused part of Brighton's West Pier to collapse into the sea, and left more than 10,000 homes without power at the time, according to an earlier BBC report [1].