Storm Eunice: Three people killed as strong winds sweep across UK

Three people have died as fierce winds from Storm Eunice sweep across the UK.

A woman in her 30s in north London was killed when a tree fell onto her car, a man in his 20s died when his truck collided with a fallen tree in Hampshire, and a man in his 50s in Merseyside died due to flying debris.

Four people died elsewhere in Europe, while the storm closed schools, disrupted travel and tore off roofs.

A gust of 122mph on the Isle of Wight set a provisional record for England.

Coastal areas of south-west England and south Wales, as well as south-east England had been on alert after a rare red weather warning was issued by the Met Office, indicating a danger to life.

An amber warning – indicating a potential danger to life – remains in place across the Midlands, southern and eastern England, and Wales.

Police in Highgate, north London, said they were called to reports of a tree falling on a car at 16:00 GMT. The woman, a passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver, a man in his 30s, was taken to hospital.

The man in Merseyside was a passenger in a car heading towards Aintree at about 14:10 when debris reportedly hit the windscreen, police said.

Paramedics treated him at the scene, but he was pronounced dead. The driver was not injured.

In Alton, Hampshire, two men were in a pickup truck when it collided with a fallen tree. The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene while the driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Several others across the UK were injured as the storm blew down trees and toppled masonry. A woman with her baby was hit by a tree in Bedford, injuring her but leaving the baby unharmed.

A driver in Wiltshire is in a serious condition and two passengers were taken to hospital after a car collided with a fallen tree, while others were injured in south London and Henley-on-Thames by trees and debris.