London, 26 October. Storm Boelo, the second severe windstorm to hit Britain over the weekend, brought gusts of up to 135 km/h to Scotland and left about 82,000 homes without power in Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, according to the Met Office and power companies.
In Dumfries and Galloway a 60-year-old man died after being struck by a falling tree. At Birmingham Airport a Jet2 Boeing 737-800, flight LS1310 from Venice, ran onto the grass after landing: "Flight LS1310 from Venice to Birmingham temporarily moved off the runway after landing at Birmingham Airport, due to exceptional weather conditions caused by Storm Boelo," the airline said. The pilots brought the aircraft back onto the runway; no one was hurt, and wind at the airport was gusting to 32 knots at the time.
The Met Office warned of danger to life from flying debris and crashing waves and advised people to stay indoors as much as possible. Network Rail expects most train services to return to normal on Monday; by morning a yellow warning remained only for Orkney.
What it means: Autumn storms, which the British weather service gives names, hit transport and power networks in the north of the country; Boelo claimed a life.
Who benefits: Nobody. The costs fall on power companies, the railways and insurers.
Background: The Met Office named the storm on 22 October. On 25 October Storm Manja hit Germany's northern coast, where a cruise liner collided with a container ship in Bremerhaven.
