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| Homes without power after storms | Homes without power after storms |
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| Nearly 3,000 homes are still without electricity after the weekend's gales caused chaos across the South West. | |
| The winds initially left more than 15,000 homes in Devon and Cornwall without power on Sunday morning. | |
| Yacht owners are also counting the cost of the damage which could exceed more than £1m at one marina. | Yacht owners are also counting the cost of the damage which could exceed more than £1m at one marina. |
| Winds gusting up to 100mph caused chaos at Queen Anne's Battery in Plymouth where boats on land fell 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 fell 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. |
| Yachts 'carnage' | Yachts 'carnage' |
| 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. |
| Two Plymouth lifeboats were launched at 0300 GMT when the yacht Dolcebella's anchor cable became tangled up in its propellers, leaving it without power. | Two Plymouth lifeboats were launched at 0300 GMT 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 | 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. | 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. | 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 | School bus hit |
| More than 2,500 homes in Cornwall and 275 homes in Devon remained without electricity on Monday. | |
| Gales had knocked out power to about 15,000 homes in Cornwall and schools at Indian Queens, Summercourt and Gwinear are still closed because of power cuts. | |
| 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. | 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. | The children were treated for minor injuries at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro. |
| 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. |