Hundreds without power as wind lashes South West

Waves whipped up by strong winds lash a sea wall in Penzance

More than 2,000 properties are without power in Devon and Cornwall amid strong winds.

Cornwall has had 883 properties affected, along with 1,195 in Devon.

Drivers have been warned against all but essential travel in Cornwall, with yellow wind warnings in place until 17:00 GMT and a yellow warning for rain for some parts of east Devon until 06:00 on Monday.

There are reports of roads blocked by landslides and fallen trees and some train services have been cancelled.

A landslide blocks the road between Tavistock and Lamerton

An 82mph (131 km/h) gust was recorded in Predannack, south Cornwall, on Sunday morning.

National Grid said thousands of customers had been reconnected to their electricity supplies after more than 8,000 were affected at one point.

Train services running to and from Crediton and Barnstaple in Devon were cancelled due to flooding, said Great Western Railway (GWR), with disruption expected to last until the end of the day.

Trains were also cancelled between Par and Newquay in Cornwall with replacement bus services.

A Ryanair flight from Malaga to Newquay had to divert to Gatwick.

A landslide blocked the road between Tavstock and Lamerton in Devon, while fallen trees blocked a number of other roads around Devon and Cornwall.

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Trees have fallen and are blocking roads like this one on the A381 in Thurlestone

Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said it was going to be "wet and windy over the next few days, in southern parts of the UK in particular".

He said: "In most parts of the UK, we're going to have some very wet and at times also very windy weather over today and Monday.

"But, from Tuesday onwards, I'm expecting it generally to stay fairly changeable... some showers at times and quite windy, but not as disruptive as it has been – I think, overall, probably warnings are less likely from Tuesday onwards.

"Certainly tonight in the south east of the UK, we could see some briefly very strong winds, and we could also see some very strong winds across Cornwall and Devon tomorrow in particular."