A major incident was declared and thousands of homes left without power as the North East was battered by a major storm for the second time in just three months.
Storm Malik brought winds of up to 90mph to the North East, causing chaos on the roads, shutting the Tyne and Wear Metro and cutting power supplies to almost 80,000 people, mostly in Northumberland and County Durham.
The storm - which came less than three months after Storm Arwen wreacked havoc around the North East - led the Emergency Planning Strategic Co-ordination Group (SCG) for County Durham and Darlington to declare a major incident.
