A man died in southwest England after a tree fell on a caravan amid record winds from Storm Goretti, as much of Europe continued to face power outages and transport disruptions due to severe weather.The man, believed to be in his 50s, was found dead in the Cornish town of Helston on Friday, police said. “Tragically, a man in his 50s was found dead in the caravan,” Devon and Cornwall Police said in a statement. According to British authorities, Storm Goretti swept across southwest Cornwall and parts of Wales overnight from Thursday to Friday with wind gusts of up to 160 km/h. The strong winds have toppled trees and damaged power infrastructure, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power.Britain’s Met Office said weather warnings for snow and ice remained in place for most of the country on Saturday, warning that black ice could cause “disruption” in Scotland and northern England. Heavy snowfall earlier in the week led to around 250 schools in Scotland being closed for much of the first week after the Christmas holidays.According to National Grid, around 28,000 households were still without power in the south west of England and the Midlands at the start of the weekend.The storm system also affected parts of northern Europe. According to authorities, almost 100,000 households in France were without power on Saturday morning.In Germany, the resumption of long-distance rail traffic began on Saturday after it was completely stopped a day earlier due to another storm Elli, as rail operator Deutsche Bahn announced.Disruptions continued in the northern port city of Hamburg, where heavy snowfall exacerbated the impact. Several routes, including the connection from Hamburg to Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Hanover, remained suspended, while connections to Berlin and the Ruhr area were expected to be gradually restored.At least 15 people have died in weather-related incidents across Europe this week, as storms, strong winds and freezing temperatures disrupted travel, closed schools and cut off power to hundreds of thousands.
