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A teaching assistant in Derby suffered a concussion and a bleeding head wound after being struck by a falling tree during Storm Boelo on Sunday, 25 October 2026. Nina Lunn, 42, said she was lucky to be alive after the tree hit her in Allestree Park, causing her teeth to shatter and blood to drip down her face. She was treated at Royal Derby Hospital and later returned due to ongoing symptoms including blurred vision and high blood pressure. Two other women were taken to hospital after being hit by a falling tree in Aberfeldy, while a 60-year-old man died after being struck by a tree in Dumfries and Galloway.
In north London, a man in his 20s died when a tree fell onto his moving car on Hollis Road in Finchley. Storm Boelo, with winds up to 50mph, caused power cuts across 838,700 properties nationwide. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency issued an amber flood risk for parts of northern and western Scotland, and Police Scotland closed the Churchill Barriers causeways in Orkney due to flooding.
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