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Yachts destroyed in 100mph winds | Yachts destroyed in 100mph winds |
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Yacht owners are counting the cost of the weekend's gales which could reach more than £1m at one Devon marina. | Yacht owners are counting the cost of the weekend's gales which could reach more than £1m at one Devon marina. |
Winds gusting up to 100mph caused chaos at Queen Anne's Battery in Plymouth where boats on land collapsed against each other in a domino effect. | Winds gusting up to 100mph caused chaos at Queen Anne's Battery in Plymouth where boats on land collapsed against each other in a domino effect. |
In Saltash, on the Cornish side of the River Tamar, more boats were ripped from their moorings. | In Saltash, on the Cornish side of the River Tamar, more boats were ripped from their moorings. |
Lifeboatmen described seeing a number of unmanned luxury yachts drifting down the river, helpless against the wind. | Lifeboatmen described seeing a number of unmanned luxury yachts drifting down the river, helpless against the wind. |
Yachts 'carnage' | Yachts 'carnage' |
The winds left more than 50,000 homes in Devon and Cornwall without electricity. | The winds left more than 50,000 homes in Devon and Cornwall without electricity. |
Two Plymouth lifeboats were launched at 0300GMT when the yacht Dolcebella's anchor cable became tangled up in its propellers, leaving it without power. | |
Gusts of up to 100mph left luxury yachts on their sides Another boat sank near the crossing, leaving only the top of its mast visible above the water. | |
Plymouth RNLI Coxswain Dave Milford said: "It was carnage. There were boats piled up against each other at Saltash. I've never seen anything like it." | Plymouth RNLI Coxswain Dave Milford said: "It was carnage. There were boats piled up against each other at Saltash. I've never seen anything like it." |
He estimated the damage at Queen Anne's Battery, where 20 to 30 yachts were piled up against each other, would be millions of pounds. | |
"I would not like to be the insurers, they just went over like dominoes," he said. | "I would not like to be the insurers, they just went over like dominoes," he said. |
School bus hit | |
More than 5,000 homes in Cornwall remained without electricity on Monday after gales knocked out power to about 25,000 homes in the county. | |
Schools at Indian Queens, Summercourt and Gwinear are closed because they lack power. | Schools at Indian Queens, Summercourt and Gwinear are closed because they lack power. |
Two schoolchildren from Penair School near Truro were injured by flying glass when their double-decker bus from Feock hit a branch thought to have been dislodged by gales. | |
The children were treated for minor injuries at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro. | |
Five hundred homes in Devon were still without power on Monday morning after the weekend's storms. | Five hundred homes in Devon were still without power on Monday morning after the weekend's storms. |
Weather forecasters are predicting more strong winds on Monday night with gales later in the week. | Weather forecasters are predicting more strong winds on Monday night with gales later in the week. |