Cornwall: More than 200 trees destroyed by Storm Ciarán

Cornwall Council received 282 reports of fallen trees or large branches

More than 200 trees across Cornwall have been destroyed as a result of Storm Ciarán.

The figures were revealed by Cornwall Council leader Linda Taylor during a meeting of the council's cabinet.

Members heard that during the height of the storm on the morning of 2 November, there were more than 400 incidents on Cornwall's roads.

She thanked council colleagues and the emergency services for their work to keep disruption to a minimum.

Councillors were told calls to the council during and immediately after the storm included 282 reports of fallen trees or large branches at locations across Cornwall and 112 individual reports of isolated flooding on roads or in individual properties.

As many as 10,000 properties were left without power.

All fallen trees on major routes were cleared by Thursday afternoon but work continued to clear debris from minor routes throughout the weekend and beyond, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Councillor Taylor said: "It was a major storm but thanks to everyone's collective efforts both across the council and alongside our colleagues in the emergency services we were able to deal with its impacts effectively and keep disruption to a minimum.

"Whenever we get these major incidents our emergency management team and all those involved in our responses really do shine and this was no exception."