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Battering Britain
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Britain's strongest storm in a decade battered southern regions on Monday, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations, cutting power lines and disrupting the travel plans of millions of commuters.
Winds of up to 160 km per hour (99 mph) lashed southern England and Wales in the early hours of Monday, shutting down rail services in some areas during rush hour.
Toppled trees crushed cars, damaged properties and flooding made some roads impassable in southern England.
Storms were are also expected to hit parts of the Netherlands later on Monday, the Dutch Meteorological Institute said, and Schiphol airport told passengers to expect cancellations.
About 40,000 customers were left without power in one of the worst storms to hit England since the 1987 "Great Storm" which killed 18 people in Britain and felled around 15 million trees.
A 14-year old boy was missing after being swept out to sea on Sunday afternoon before the st
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