In Pictures: Drama and danger as Storm Eunice blasts across the UK
A rare red weather warning was issued for parts of the country.
18 February 2022
Storm Eunice has caused havoc across the UK, with people urged to stay indoors.
Strong winds caused widespread damage, including to London’s O2 arena, drivers faced dangerous conditions on the roads, and there was severe disruption to public transport.
Damage to the roof of The O2 arena in south-east London, caused by Storm Eunice (Stefan Rousseau/PA)Flight FR2333 from Krakow lands in strong winds at Leeds Bradford Airport (Danny Lawson/PA)A passenger waiting for a train, who said she had nothing else to do, dancing in Paddington station in London, where trains were cancelled due to Storm Eunice (Victoria Jones/PA)A fallen tree on top of a blue Tesla (@thevalerieleon/PA)Huge waves lash the lighthouse at New Brighton, Merseyside (Peter Byrne/PA)Tree surgeons work to clear a fallen tree in Spencer Park, Battersea (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)A de Havilland Venom plane was blown down in Wantage, Oxfordshire (Steve Parsons/PA)A horse in snowy conditions near Reeth, North Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)Waves hit Porthleven on the Cornish coast as Storm Eunice makes landfall (Matt Keeble/PA)A coastguard search and rescue team ask a group of swimmers to come out of the sea in New Brighton, Merseyside (Peter Byrne/PA)A trampoline in mid-air over Builth Wells, Mid Wales (@john_morgan_wal/PA)A metal gazebo lands on a shed and greenhouse in Cobham, Surrey (Richard Bull/PA)Fallen scaffolding in Golders Green (Alan Schneiderman/PA)
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