One dead, trees down and scores of flights and trains cancelled as Storm Barragh batters north west
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFlights and train services were cancelled amid high winds and flooding while trees were uprooted and travel plans were thrown into chaos as Storm Barragh battered the north west.
One man died in Lancashire after a tree fell onto his van. The man, who was in his 40s, was driving his Citroen van on the A59 dual carriageway near Preston when the tree fell on to his vehicle.
He was left with serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Another tree topped over in the high winds outside a home on Gravel Lane in Wilmslow, falling over a pavement, through fencing and on top of a car parked in the driveway.
Nobody was hurt. At Manchester Airport, scores of flights were delayed or cancelled and, amid terrible conditions, a number of flights had to perform 'go-arounds' after failing to land on the first attempt.
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