High winds and rain hit the British Isles Wednesday, disrupting transportation and leaving thousands of people without power, UPI reported. Ireland was hard hit. A 23-year-old nurse died in Westmeath when a tree branch landed on her car, and three people were injured in Cork when a train station roof collapsed, the Irish Times reported. In Limerick, what appeared to be a tornado took the roof off a building. In England, a crewman fell from a freighter in the River Trent on the east coast, the Guardian reported. The bad weather hampered a search by the Coast Guard and a Royal Air Force helicopter. Extensive power failures were reported throughout Britain and Ireland. Train speeds were cut in many regions because of the weather, and downed trees caused long delays. Forecasters said the bad weather was to continue into Thursday for much of England, Scotland and Wales.
