Dawlish News
Hurricane Gordon wreaks havoc
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Thousands of householders will be without electricity until tomorrow after the tail end of Hurricane Gordon lashed parts of the UK, bringing down power lines.
The worst affected areas were Mid Ulster, Craigavon and Newry, with parts of south Belfast also hit.
The South West of England was also battered by winds reaching more than 80mph. An Atlantic storm fuelled by the end of Hurricane Gordon hit the region, bringing down trees and tearing some boats from their moorings. At Dawlish the main Penzance to London Waterloo railway line was hit when ballast under one of the two tracks — which run just feet from the coastline — was eroded by the sea.
