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In Pictures: Violent Storm Darragh leaves trail of disruption

A rare red warning for wind was issued by the Met Office for parts of Wales and south-west England as gusts of 93mph were recorded in some areas.

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Storm Darragh swept through the UK on Saturday as millions of people were warned to stay indoors, thousands were left without power and travel was disrupted.

One man died when a tree fell onto his van in Lancashire.

Waves crash over the seafront in Porthcawl
People watch as waves crash over the seafront in Porthcawl in Wales (Ben Birchall/PA)
A fallen tree in St Johns Road, Bristol
A fallen tree in St Johns Road, Bristol, following the high winds (Olivia Amey/PA)
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Wind and rain lashed central London (Yui Mok/PA)

An alert came into effect at 1am on Saturday and was sent to people within the area covered by the Met Office’s rare red warning for wind in parts of Wales and south-west England.

Broken rails at Aintree Racecourse
Broken rails at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, as Saturday’s meetings at both Aintree and Chepstow were abandoned (Peter Byrne/PA)
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A fallen tree in Queen’s Drive in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)
A fallen tree on a road in Weston-super-Mare
Workers survey a fallen tree blocking Cecil Road in Weston-super-Mare (Rob Palfrey/PA)

Almost 400,000 customers were left without power in Ireland after the country was battered by Darragh.

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A person takes shelter under an umbrella as they cross the Sean O’Casey Bridge in Dublin’s city centre ahead of Storm Darragh (Brian Lawless/PA)
People in costumes taking part in the Scrambled Legs Running Club 10k Santa Run in London
People brave the weather to take part in the Scrambled Legs Running Club 10k Santa Run in central London (Yui Mok/PA)
A wrecked blue airport bus in Belfast
The wreckage of a bus which crashed close to Belfast International Airport in the early hours of Saturday amid Storm Darragh (Rebecca Black/PA)
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