Man dies after tree falls on caravan during storm

During Storm Goretti, a man in his 50s was discovered dead after a tree fell on to a caravan. Emergency services were dispatched to Helston, Cornwall, around 19:35 GMT on Thursday, after the tree fell during a red weather warning for wind.

A man aged in his 50s was discovered dead inside the caravan,

police said, noting that his next of kin had been alerted and were being assisted by officers. On Friday, police said they were at the hospital to safely remove the tree and make further inquiries at the scene. The death was not being handled as suspicious, and the coroner would have a file, they said.

Between 16:00 and 23:00 on Thursday, the Met Office issued the rare red weather warning, which caused major injuries and disruption throughout the county. According to red warnings, exposed places are the most vulnerable, posing the risk of soaring rubble and a danger to life. Wind gusts in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly topped 100 mph (160 km/h). Cornwall Council declared that the storm had been one of the most severe the county had ever seen in living memory, with crews working around the clock to clear fallen trees and carry out emergency repairs. The clean-up iscontinuing into the weekend. Starting at 12:00 GMT on Friday, Ayellow warning for ice, as well as in parts of east Cornwall, is set to end at midday. According to the National Grid, more than 34,000 homes are still without electricity in the south-west of England. It continued that employees were tirelessly trying to solve problems.