Storm Ciaran prompted the cancellation of hundreds of Bonfire Nights over the weekend as 104mph winds batter Britain's coast. If you loved this article and you would like to receive much more information about long distance limo hire kindly visit our site.
Organisers throughout the country were forced to scrap weekend Guy Fawkes Night events after dangerous winds and heavy rain.
Tornados have battered Britain with the wind likened to a 'disaster movie' - as 127,000 homes lost power and people were told not to travel until Sunday.
Many properties were destroyed as trees were downed and much of the country's transport systems were brought to a crashing halt.
Engineers were working to reconnect more than 20,000 homes last night - including more than 9,000 homes in Devon and Cornwall, and a further 6,500 in Surrey and 1,600 in Sussex, according to The Sun.
The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) warned yesterday that tornados may hit the UK as it continues to be affected by severe weather conditions.
'The highest risk of one or two tornadoes would likely be along and south of a line from S Wales to London, but the risk cannot be ruled out a bit further north too,' it said.
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Storm Ciaran prompted the cancellation of hundreds of Bonfire Nights over the weekend as 104mph winds batter Britain's coast
Chesterfield Borough Council posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: 'The firework event planned for Friday 3 November has been cancelled due to unsafe ground conditions in the park'
People have taken to social media to express their thoughts on the firework cancellations
Update - Saltwell Park Fireworks display has been cancelled website
— Gateshead Council (@gateshead) November 2, 2023
Waves crash over Newhaven Lighthouse and the harbour wall in Newhaven, southern England, yesterday
Storm Ciaran tornados have battered Britain as 104mph winds were likened to a 'disaster movie'. Pictured: Teignmouth in Devon
People took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their disappointment at the firework cancellations.
One person wrote: 'Caistor Bonfire and Fireworks has been cancelled on Saturday. Does anyone know of another fairly local that they would recommend? Got a very sad child!'
But another said: 'All the local fireworks scheduled for the weekend are announcing they are cancelled and I'm delighted.'
Meanwhile dramatic footage posted on social media shows waves engulfing Longship Lighthouse in Cornwall yesterday.
The Channel Islands were worst hit with dozens of homes on Jersey evacuated as a tornado blew through, trees were ripped up and huge hailstones smashed windows.
Roofs were torn off houses and trampolines were blown onto railway lines, long distance limo hire with train operators urging commuters to work from home amid widespread disruption.
CCTV footage from Sompting, Sussex, captured a suspected tornado throwing debris in all directions, leaving behind it a scene of destruction yesterday
The footage shows heavy rain pounding on the camera before flying debris crashes onto the ground and becomes strewn across the car park.
Elsewhere a tornado hit Jersey, causing roofs to be dramatically lifted off houses and carried away in 104mph gusts.
The hurricane-force winds, brought on by Storm Ciaran, caused havoc on the Channel Island with many homes having their windows smashed through, tiles flung off buildings and garden furniture turned upside down.
James Watts and long distance limo hire his colleagues, who work at Coverzone, discovered the Sompting tornado footage after parking a vehicle in the car park to try out a new car cover.
Mr Watts claimed he found debris strewn across the car park when he arrived at work earlier yesterday
'When I reviewed the CCTV footage, I was shocked to see what appeared to be a tornado passing through,' he said.
People are rescued from their holiday chalets by fire and rescue at Freshwater Beach Holiday Park yesterday
Cars covered in Debris and parts of buildings following the storm in Jersey
Freshwater Beach Holiday Park at Burton Bradstock in Dorset suffered major flooding and a battering from waves
A cyclist attempts to ride through deep surface water while walking along a pavement in Brent Cross, north London
CCTV footage from Sompting, Sussex, captured strong wind brought about by Storm Ciaran throwing debris in all directions
Teignmouth in Devon took a battering by Storm Ciaran - with its pier and seafront damaged by the powerful waves and winds whipped up by the weather bomb
One resident was stunned by the weather. She said: long distance limo hire 'I was shocked by the amount of debris and damage along the promenade'