Train services in southern Britain were experiencing major delays on Wednesday morning due to damage caused by storm Hank’s strong winds and heavy rain on Tuesday.

And according to local media in the county of Wiltshire in southwest England, a driver died when a tree uprooted by the wind crushed his vehicle on a country road.

At least ten rail companies have anticipated problems, while services between Ipswich and Cambridge and between Norwich and Peterborough are not even running due to trees on the tracks and downed power lines.

The strongest gust on the Isle of Wight in the English Channel was measured on Tuesday at 150km/h, with up to 30mm of rain falling in places.

About 700 flood warnings and alerts were in place across England and Wales on Wednesday morning. Among them two serious warnings of floods that can threaten human lives.

About 100,000 homes were left without electricity due to grid damage trees, building roofs and scaffolding were uprooted by the winds.

Aircraft struggled to land, with one having to make a double attempt to land at London’s Heathrow Airport.

The strong wind also blew a parked Apache military helicopter at an air base in southern England for a few meters.