Storm Lilian brings power cuts and downs trees

Earlier, footage showed one lorry almost toppling over on the Humber Bridge

Storm Lilian has felled trees and left thousands of homes without power across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Strong winds and heavy rainfall battered the region and yellow weather warnings of floods have been put in place.

The Humber Bridge has been closed to high-sided and "vulnerable" vehicles like caravans after recording average wind speeds of 55mph (88km/h). Footage showed one lorry almost toppling over.

Avenues ward councillor Abhimanyu Singh wrote on Facebook that four trees had been reported to Hull City Council, including one on Westbourne Avenue that apparently damaged a car.

The Avenues area of Hull was affected by wind-felled trees

Met Office chief meteorologist Jason Kelly said winds would die down as the morning went on, with a weather warning for the Yorkshire and Humber region in place until 11:00 BST.

He said: “Storm Lilian will bring some potentially damaging gusts during Friday morning, with gusts widely in the 50-60mph range, with the possibility of some gusts in excess of 75mph in a few places.

"Lilian will move into the North Sea on Friday morning, with reducing winds and scattered showers following for most, though further rain is likely in southern England by the end of the day."

'Responding to damage'

On Northern Powergrid's website, about 6,000 homes in Hull and East Yorkshire were without and 2,000 in North and North East Lincolnshire.

A statement on the website said it was "responding to damage caused by Storm Lilian".

Lilian is the 12th named storm of the storm naming season, which runs from September to September.

According to the Met Office, this is the furthest through the list of names the Western European storm naming group has got since storm naming was introduced in 2015.

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