Man dies after tree falls on to caravan during Storm Goretti

A man has died after a tree fell on to a caravan during Storm Goretti.

Emergency services were called at around 7.35pm to the Mawgan area of Helston, Cornwall, on Thursday, Devon and Cornwall Police said, and work took place on Friday to remove the tree.

"Tragically, a man aged in his 50s was located deceased within the caravan," the force said. "His next of kin have been informed and are being supported by officers."

The death is not being treated as suspicious.

Gale force winds brought trees down across Cornwall, in areas including Penryn, Falmouth, St Stephen and Porthleven, after forecasters issued a rare red warning for the area earlier this week.

Storm Goretti caused chaos across the South West and other parts of the UK, with about 27,000 properties still without power in the South West as of 9am on Saturday - along with almost 2,300 in the West Midlands and about 300 in the East Midlands, according to the National Grid's website.

Downing Street said support was being offered to homes left without power.

Following cuts in Wales, power across the country has since been restored.

Yellow warnings for snow and ice continue remain in force until Sunday - raised to amber for parts of Scotland - and National Rail has warned that disruption may be seen through the weekend across England, Wales and Scotland.

The storm brought heavy rain, snow and strong winds to much of the UK on Friday, with a low temperature of -12.3C (10F) recorded in Braemar in Scotland, the Met Office said.

Some flights were cancelled because of the storm, and footage of Heathrow Airport showed a passenger plane swaying in strong winds as it came in to land.

In Norfolk, residents of 14 clifftop homes in Hemsby were warned to leave as the storm left them in danger of "imminent collapse" on to the beach below.

Forecasters have said melting snow and rain will increase the risk of flooding in the coming days.

At Lake Vyrnwy in Powys, Wales, some 15cm of snow was recorded, while 7cm fell in Preston Montford in Shropshire and Nottingham.

In Scotland, some 27cm of snow fell at Altnaharra in Sutherland, 26cm at Loch Glascarnoch and 22cm at Durris in Kincardineshire.

Weather warnings still in place

Yellow warnings for snow and ice are in place until 3pm, with further snowfall possible across parts of northern England and much of Scotland.

A separate yellow warning for ice covers large parts of England and Wales until midday on Saturday as partially thawed snow refreezes, accompanied by wintry showers and freezing fog.

On Sunday, a yellow warning for snow and ice will be in force fot the East and West Midlands, the North East and North West and Yorkshire from 2am until 3pm, the Met Office has said. An amber warning is in place for parts of Scotland from 3am to 2pm.

There are three types of warnings based on the severity of the weather: yellow, amber or red.

The Met says it chooses between the three by assessing both the impact the weather may have and the likelihood of those impacts occurring.

Read more: What are weather warnings and how do they work?

Despite the storm being over, there are still a few days of wintry hazards to come, said Sky News meteorologist Chris England, with up to 30cm of snow predicted for higher ground in Scotland.

"Looking at the more general forecast, today will be much calmer than recently but temperatures won't get much above freezing for many, and will stay below in places," he said. "Sleet and snow showers will affect eastern England for a time, and northern and western Scotland into the evening. Ireland and Northern Ireland meanwhile will cloud over with patchy rain moving into the west later.

"Britain will see an extensive early frost tonight, bringing a risk of icy stretches, but cloud and rain, preceded by sleet, snow and perhaps freezing rain in the north, will spread to northern and western parts, lifting temperatures later. It'll turn windy too, with coastal gales developing.

"Tomorrow will bring rain to most, and potentially disruptive snow to the North East for a time, although that'll become increasingly confined to the hills as temperatures rise. It will stay very windy, with locally severe coastal gales, but it will turn much milder for most."

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