A motorist has died after a tree fell on his car in Gloucestershire amid extreme weather conditions during Storm Henk, police have said.
Police were called at around 3.15pm with reports of a large fallen tree on the A433 between Tetbury and Cirencester.
Emergency services, including an air ambulance, attended, but despite the efforts of those at the scene, a man aged in his 50s and from the Bath area died.
It comes as several major roads have been closed, some train lines have been blocked, while there are hundreds of flood warnings in place across England, Scotland and Wales.
Henk – the eighth of the 2023-24 storm season – brought lashing winds of up to 94mph and heavy rain to some parts of the country on Tuesday.
The Environment Agency has 333 flood warnings in place across England – including one severe warning for the River Nene, in Billing, east of Northampton.
Hundreds of people have already been evacuated from a nearby holiday park, with the Environment Agency warning of a “danger to life” in the area due to “deep and fast flowing water and a rapid onset of flooding”.
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