Two women have been seriously injured by a falling tree in Suffolk as Storm Evert continues to batter the South East of England.
The pair, aged in their 20s, were said to have been attending a ‘private outdoor party’ near Heveningham at about 6.35pm when the incident occurred.
Fire, ambulance and air ambulance rushed to the scene and the women were taken to hospital for treatment.
The accident happened as winds of up to 70mph and heavy showers lashed the south of the country.
The Met Office said that ‘further heavy downpours’ were expected on Saturday, the worst of which would be central, eastern and southern England.
Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and on Sunday, with the best of any dry and bright weather expected in the north and west.
Storm Evert, the first named summer storm of 2021, began on Thursday.
The highest gust recorded so far was 69mph in St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly, where people had to be rescued from yachts.
Falmouth Coastguard Operations Centre reported a total of 22 incidents on Thursday night.
Campers also felt the full force of the winds with some claiming to have been ‘caught out’ by late storm warnings.
Mark Morgan-Hillam, 48, his wife, Leanne, 43, and children who are four, 10 and 14 respectively, went camping just above Polzeath, Cornwall, on Thursday evening.
The deputy head teacher from Appley Bridge, Wigan, said: ‘The lack of warning was an issue.
‘It was only at 9/10pm at night that we noticed the storm warning had changed to amber and I think that caught a lot of people out on our site who went to bed thinking it would be windy, but not blow their tent over.’
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