Storm Boelo leaves a tree through a County Durham roof

ITV News' footage shows damaged homes and rough seas as its wider reporting confirms a death in Scotland.

Channel: ITV News Story of October 26, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 197,140 views a day, 27 times a normal first day on this channel (7,324).

Storm Boelo hits the UK

ITV News opens its Storm Boelo footage with a fallen tree embedded in a County Durham home, its branches spread across the damaged roof and upper floor. A nearby parked car has a smashed windshield. A worker in orange protective gear cuts through fallen limbs beside the road.

The Short, titled "Storm Boelo hits the UK", then moves to West Cumbria, where wind drives spray past a coastal barrier and sends empty playground swings moving. In North Ayrshire, waves break over sea walls toward coastal homes. There is no spoken commentary, just footage and brief captions identifying the places affected.

The clip passed 100,000 views in nine hours, an unusually fast start for an ITV News Short. The channel's separate, longer report on the storm also drew a faster audience than its regular videos typically do.

That report confirms a man was killed by a falling tree in Dumfries and Galloway. ITV News also reports flooding and travel disruption across Scotland, northern England, North Wales and Northern Ireland, with canceled flights, suspended ferry services and blocked roads. Its description accompanying the Short says more than 82,000 properties remained without power.

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The numbers

The storm Short drew views much faster than ITV News' usual short-form uploads. Its longer report also had an unusually strong start for that format.

the video's first day

usual first day here

7,324

this video

197,140

subscribers

2,260,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,698,127,346

views per day

1,660,942

typical day: 1,537,842

the video

views

105,937

likes

260

comments

27

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

7NEWS Australia

2,270,000

ITV News

2,260,000

BBC World Service

2,250,000

CBC News: The National

2,200,000

GBNews

2,200,000

AccuWeather

2,180,000

As of October 26, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.