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A Cumbria pub feeds storm-hit neighbors as Storm Boelo clean-up begins

BBC News pairs scenes from flooded towns with the energy networks' chief explaining why repairs had to wait for the wind to drop.

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Why this story? One of BBC News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 198,938 views.

Storm Boelo clean-up begins as thousands left without power in UK | BBC News

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0:00Two men are reported killed by falling trees, with travel and power disrupted across northern parts of the UK.
0:30Winds knock pedestrians over in Blackpool, while emergency vehicles cross flooded roads in Cumbria.
0:49The White Hart Inn in Bouth becomes a hub offering warmth and food to residents without power.
1:25Waves hit the Isle of Man, and floodwater fills shops in Largs, Scotland.
2:02Scottish rail services are disrupted, and Kent crews clear fallen trees and an overturned car.
2:29Lawrence Slade says crews cannot replace poles and wires until the worst of the storm has passed.

At the White Hart Inn in Bouth, Cumbria, the pub has become something closer to a village hall. Neighbors left without electricity come in for warmth and food. "We've lost all power, no signals or anything working," one resident says. Another says the power went off at 4am and took the hot water with it.

That scene sits at the heart of BBC News' report on the clean-up after Storm Boelo. According to the channel, the storm killed two men in falling trees on Sunday: a man in his 20s in north London and another man in Dumfries and Galloway. The Energy Networks Association said that around 90,000 properties were still without power on Monday. Boelo followed Storm Austen, which the BBC says brought similar disruption.

The report, with voiceover by Thomas Magill, moves quickly across the country. Pedestrians are knocked off their feet in Blackpool, emergency vehicles make their way along flooded roads in Cumbria and waves batter the Isle of Man. In Largs, on Scotland's west coast, high street shops are flooded. One shop owner there says her stock is "absolutely swimming in seawater, sludge, leaves, debris." In Kent, crews clear fallen trees and an overturned car.

The report also hears from the industry responsible for restoring power. Lawrence Slade, chief executive of the Energy Networks Association, explains why the work cannot begin right away: crews "can't actually get people out there to literally replace poles and wires until the worst effects of the storm have gone through."

The video has drawn close to 200,000 views since it went up, the most of any new BBC News upload. In the comments, one question has started a long thread: why Britain gives its storms names at all.

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