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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sammy Gecsoyler

Thousands of homes in Cornwall still without power or water days after Storm Goretti

A property extensively damaged by fallen trees caused by Storm Goretti in Falmouth.
Storm Goretti caused damaged to properties across Cornwall, as gusts of almost 100mph brought trees down. Photograph: Hugh Hastings/Getty Images

Thousands of homes in the south-west of England were still without power or water on Monday in the aftermath of Storm Goretti.

It has been four days since Goretti brought gusts of almost 100mph and a rare red warning for “dangerous, stormy” winds, but the continued disruption has led one Cornish MP to call for a “national emergency”.

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