A tree is uprooted on to a forecourt yesterday as Storm Pia wreaks havoc on the start of the big Christmas getaway.
Winds over 80mph were widespread, with northern areas worst affected, and gusts up to 113mph recorded.
Passengers were advised not to travel by rail, with routes across Scotland, and parts of England and Wales affected by the weather.
Services from London Euston were suspended as overhead power cables on the West Coast main line were damaged in the storm.
One man was taken to hospital after a tree fell on to his car on the A515 in Clifton, Derbyshire.
Christmas markets in Sheffield and Liverpool were closed and the roof was torn off a section of a block of flats in Lower Bradway, Sheffield.
There were gusts of 81mph at Brizlee Wood in Northumberland, and at Baltasound on Shetland, while 113mph was recorded twice in a 10-hour period of winds topping 100mph at the peak of Cairn Gorm in the Highlands.
Northern Powergrid said 40,000 homes suffered disrupted power supplies in the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, with West Yorkshire worst affected.
