One of the worst storms to hit England since the Great Storm, According to Reuters

Photo by BBC

Sunday night the United Kingdom was hit with one of the worst storms since October of  1987 when the Great Storm hit.  Wind speeds got as high as 70+ mph with heavy rain.  Four people died in Britain by falling trees due to high winds. 600,000 homes are left without power. The picture on the left was an explosion that happened in Housnlow, west London caused by a tree that fell on a gas main, killing two people inside the house.

Photo from metoffice.gov.uk

  

Conditions stay calm for the UK as we see in this satellite imagery with scattered clouds.