Storm Henk has claimed a second life as a girl crashed right into a tree – with the police referring themselves to the watchdog as a result of the felling was reported 90 minutes earlier than however not cleared.
The accident occurred on Tuesday, when winds had been reaching highs of 94mph and Brits had been suggested to not journey.
The 87-year-old lady – driving a purple Good Forfour – died because of the incident, only a few hours after a person in his 50s was killed in a special crash.
It occurred on the B4526 close to the junction with Eastfield Lane at 5.25pm – close to Crays Pond, Oxfordshire.
The incident has been reported to the police watchdog – the Unbiased Workplace for Police Conduct – because the native station acquired a number of calls in regards to the fallen tree an hour an a half earlier than.
Officers of Thames Valley Police are asking for witnesses to come back ahead.
It occurred on the B4526 close to the junction with Eastfield Lane at 5.25pm – close to Crays Pond
The Atmosphere Company has 293 flood alerts (in amber) and 270 warnings (in purple) for England
WEST SUSSEX: Flooding across the River Aru, Pulborough, pictured this afternoon
EAST SUSSEX: Folks play within the wind on the seashore as waves smash into Newhaven
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: Flooding at Billing Aquadrome the place 1,000 individuals had been evacuated
LONDON: A tree blown over by the wind that crashed right into a portico in Tooting, London
Senior investigating officer Sergeant Dominic Mahon, of the Critical Collision Investigation Unit, stated: ’Sadly, a girl has died following this collision and our ideas are along with her family members.
’We wish to attraction for anybody that witnessed the collision, or noticed the automotive previous to it, to contact us.
’We’d additionally ask any drivers with a dash-camera who had been within the space on the time to test their recordings and tell us if it has captured something that would assist our investigation.’
It was beforehand reported {that a} automotive was crushed by a falling tree on a rustic street within the Cotswolds on January 2, claiming the lifetime of a person who was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Emergency companies raced to the scene in Gloucestershire at 3.15pm after receiving reviews of two vehicles caught in an enormous tree that had been uprooted throughout sturdy winds.
A ’main incident’ was declared alongside the River Trent in Nottinghamshire at the moment amid extreme flooding following Storm Henk.
Nottinghamshire County Council urged residents in at-risk areas to organize in case they must evacuate and stated river peaks had closed in on document highs from 2000.
LONDON: An enormous tree in Forest Hill is uprooted after being battered by Storm Henk
The define of the 400-year-old fort within the Cambridgeshire Fens has been revealed by the rain
LONDON: There are reviews a girl was crushed by a falling tree in Orpington amid the excessive winds. Pictured: Emergency companies on the scene of the incident
LONDON: One other of the timber destroyed by Storm Henk at Kew Gardens this week
Officers revealed that key tributaries feeding into Trent together with the rivers Derwent, Soar and Dove had reached their peaks, that means excessive water ranges will now go down the Trent which is prone to result in extra flooding to properties and roads.
Some properties have already been evacuated, whereas rail passengers had been instructed to journey residence early this afternoon as flooding distress continued two days after Henk hit.
Nice Western Railway urged clients to keep away from beginning journeys and stated those that had already travelled ought to take into account taking a return prepare ’as quickly as doable’.
The Met Workplace initially issued a rain warning throughout southern England from Cornwall to Suffolk however then prolonged it northwards over Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. It runs till 3am tomorrow and warns of additional energy cuts and villages turning into lower off.
London was additionally dropped at a halt because the storm pummelled the capital, with photographs from Forest Hill displaying big timber upturned, falling on high of vehicles and in opposition to homes.
In Greenwich, south-east of town, stunning footage confirmed scaffolding from a four-storey constructing website was seen swaying within the wind earlier than being knocked into the bottom.
SHROPSHIRE: Flooding by the Boat Inn in Jackfield this afternoon following rainfall
NOTTINGHAM: Homes on the banks of the River Trent are surrounded by floodwater at the moment
Advertising and marketing supervisor Josh Hargreaves, 30, stated that he and his boyfriend had watched the scaffolding ’just about swaying within the wind’ earlier than falling from the entrance of the constructing at round 3.40pm over New Years.
A lady in Orpington, London, was crushed when a tree fell on her as Storm Henk rifled by means of town. Firefighters rushed to the scene to free her, earlier than she was taken to hospital with accidents not believed to be life-threatening.
The Military is now dealing with a multi-million-pound invoice after certainly one of its massively costly Apache gunships was blown over by Storm Henk.
The state-of-the-art helicopter, estimated to be price £15million, ought to have been securely strapped down on the Military Air Corps’ base.
A robust gust of wind tipped over the 5.5ton Apache, damaging its rotors. Fireplace crews rushed to safe the Apache in Center Wallop, Hampshire, the place gusts exceeded 50 knots.
A supply stated: ’It was a large blunder leaving it outdoors on a day like this. There’s a whole lot of embarrassment on the base over what’s occurred. We’re ready for the invoice.’
Roads and railways had been blocked by flooding and fallen timber as an amber climate warning for sturdy winds, which may trigger ’hazard to life’, was issued protecting a 400 mile swathe from Norwich to Swansea.
In Kenilworth, Warwickshire, firefighters rescued the occupants of a automotive marooned in floodwater.