THOUSANDS of people remain without power after gale force winds brought another day of disruption to Britain's transport and power networks.
IN Scotland, where winds reached up to 113mph (181km/h) yesterday, some homes in the very north of the country have been without electricity since Friday.
Engineers have been working in "treacherous and worsening conditions" to reconnect properties, while charity workers from the Red Cross have been working to reach vulnerable people and provide food, accommodation and generators where possible.
At the height of the problems, more than 100,000 properties were without power. Around 16,000 are still cut off and engineers said they will work through the night if it is safe to do so.
Some parts of the Highlands and Western Isles are likely to be without power overnight, Scottish and Southern Energy said.
In England, a body has been recovered and searches are to continue for another man after two people were swept out to sea in severe weather at Brighton beach.
Weather warnings remain in place for Sunday with further strong winds, snow and ice forecast.
Efforts to recover the beached car carrier Hoegh Osaka near Southampton had to be postponed due to high winds, which have also caused severe problems on roads in Yorkshire and the North East of England as a number of trucks were blown over, blocking carriageways.
The bad weather has toppled power lines and uprooted trees, and yesterday forced ScotRail temporarily to suspend all train services for safety reasons.
The ferocious gales were stirred up by an extra-powerful jet stream triggered by plunging temperatures in the United States hitting warmer air in the south.
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