Parts of Scotland are being battered by storm-force winds as the remnants of Hurricane Katia hit Britain with winds up to 132 kilometres per hour, the strongest in 15 years. Katia is the second major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, forming two weeks ago near the West African islands of Cape Verde. This hurricane has left thousands without power, caused damage to buildings and travel disruption around the UK. In County Durham, a driver died on Monday when a tree hit a car on the A688 at Dunhouse Quarry, between Staindrop and Barnard Castle. Elsewhere, high waves hit coastal areas causing most ferry services between Ireland and Britain cancelled their scheduled departures, fishing boats along the Atlantic coasts warned to head into port and more trees and branches fell on train tracks and roads. Several major road bridges have been closed to trucks.
A line of cars at a factory in Langley Moor, County Durham was crashed after storm force winds picked up a roof from a building next door and dropped it neatly along the cars lined up in the car park
A man walking on the sea front at Largs, on the Firth of Clyde in Ayrshire, Scotland
Bodyboarders were captured at Rhossili Bay in the Gower near Swansea, Wales
The scene of a mountain of sea water rising up by the gale force winds before crashing down in West Cumbria
Gales and high tides hit through the coast at Blackpool
Waves smashed over the seafront as a train traveled through Saltcoats, west Scotland
Katia is said the second major hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season and was ranked as a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale at its peak
The picture of Antony Gormley's Another Place statues as high winds caused large waves on the River Mersey
A water-soaked man at Saltcoats harbour in Saltcoats, Scotland
These strong winds caused trees to blow over on Queens Drive, Allerton, Liverpool
A train made its way through strong winds near Saltcoats, North Ayrshire
The team Korea capsized in a fleet race during the second day of racing in the America's Cup in Plymouth
Green Comm Racing from Spain also turned turtle in a fleet race during the second day of racing in the America's Cup in Plymouth
Hurricane Katia Hit Britain in Horrible Photos
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