Industry News from Yes Insurance

Over 30,000 homes were estimated to have been hit and left without electricity by the 100mph winds that hit Britain's west coast over the weekend.

Roofs were left bare as winds stripped tiles from them and blew window frames out in what has been described as the worst storm in Britain for a decade.

Trees were felled by the lethal gusts, which took the life of a man in Northern Ireland and caused as of yet untold amounts of damage to electrical power lines and houses.

Central Networks are reportedly working to restore electricity to more than 12,000 homes after overhead cables were damaged in the West Midlands.

Entire housing estates were battered by the gales, with one estate in Tuffley, Gloucestershire, calling out emergency crews to help residents escape the bungalows with destroyed roofs and windows.

Householders in the worst affected areas now face a huge clean-up operation, as well as facing the task of informing their house insurance company of the damage caused to their property.

Although the worst of the wind has now gone, torrential amounts of rain are still forecast, particularly in Scotland, central areas of England and Northern Ireland, bringing with it fears of flooding.

The Met Office has issued a statement saying that the bad weather is "expected to linger for the next day or two, but there are further depressions coming".

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