<div class="" data-article-body="true"><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="Falmouth University student Anna Richmond inspects the damage to her car which was crushed outside her rented accommodation by fallen trees during Storm Goretti on Jan. 09, 2026 in Falmouth, England. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)" loading="lazy" width="632" height="421" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/v6.NYMPtPDDXlKfbe4GUEw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjc7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/accuweather_articles_339/6a52c5198741dd60cedc559ec2bcdcb3"></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">Falmouth University student Anna Richmond inspects the damage to her car which was crushed outside her rented accommodation by fallen trees during Storm Goretti on Jan. 09, 2026 in Falmouth, England. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images) </div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">A powerful storm system, named "Goretti" by Météo-France, moved across the United Kingdom and France on Friday, leaving downed trees and power cuts affecting nearly half a million customers.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The storm also spread snow across parts of Great Britain.</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="A fallen tree in Falmouth, Cornwall. Storm Goretti continues to batter the UK with tens of thousands of Britons across the country facing widespread power cuts, travel disruption and school closures. Picture date: Friday Jan. 9, 2026. (Photo by Matt Keeble/PA Images via Getty Images)" loading="lazy" width="632" height="474" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/mq27kynhGimk_80Qj64gaQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTcyMDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/accuweather_articles_339/8853918c8dea200891b29525d9b75d87"></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">A fallen tree in Falmouth, Cornwall. Storm Goretti continues to batter the UK with tens of thousands of Britons across the country facing widespread power cuts, travel disruption and school closures. Picture date: Friday Jan. 9, 2026. (Photo by Matt Keeble/PA Images via Getty Images)</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The worst of the 55,000 U.K. power outages were in the southwest at Cornwall, where 73 percent of National Grid U.K. power customers were without power as of Friday afternoon, <a href="http://poweroutage.us" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:according to PowerOutage.US;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">according to PowerOutage.US</a>.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">A weather station at Padstow NCI in Cornwall <a href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/dads-horror-extreme-123mph-storm-33200422" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:recorded a wind gust;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">recorded a wind gust</a> of 123 mph (198 km/h). One man had his <a href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/dads-horror-extreme-123mph-storm-33200422" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:home's roof ripped off as hail and rain poured in;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">home's roof ripped off as hail and rain poured in</a> through cracks in the walls. Off the southwest shore, a peak gust of 99 mph (159 km/h) was reported at St. Mary's on the Isles of Scilly, <a href="https://www.london-now.co.uk/news/national/25753116.thousands-deal-storm-goretti-havoc-forecasters-warn-snow-ice" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:the highest there since 1991;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">the highest there since 1991</a>, the Met Office said.</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="AccuWeather.com" loading="lazy" width="632" height="241" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/U26JpNXHFM7i5I5y2tzqww--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTM2NjtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/accuweather_articles_339/85ef752b64e8d02fc805f28621d587f6"></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">AccuWeather.com</div></figcaption></figure><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">To the southeast, a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/markvoganweather/posts/pfbid0BZpUqekK4aVBhx6c8AQodKZZ6GrtaF6ZrqrEjTpMz7cnZnmu7j7CKQvz3rEevaQMl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:121 mph (195 km/h) gust was measured at Barfleur;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">121 mph (195 km/h) gust was measured at Barfleur</a>, on the tip of France's Cotentin peninsula. Winds were even worse in Normandy, France, with <a href="https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/britain-france-goretti-storm-c56133" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:a wind gust of 132 mph;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">a wind gust of 132 mph</a> (212 km/h) recorded in Gatteville-le-Phare. At one point, more than 380,000 customers <a href="https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/britain-france-goretti-storm-c56133" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:were without power in France;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">were without power in France</a>.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">The storm affected rail services in the English West Midlands, as well as <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/widespread-power-cuts-travel-disrupted-storm-goretti-hammers-northern-europe-2026-01-09/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:trains in France and Germany;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">trains in France and Germany</a>.</p><p class="mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words">Travel and school disruptions in Scotland from a storm earlier this week were extended by Friday's storm. The nation was hit with 20 inches (51 cm) of snow on Monday, and many schools shuttered again on Friday, <a href="https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/britain-france-goretti-storm-c56133" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:wrapping up a full week of closures;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas" class="link ">wrapping up a full week of closures</a>.</p><figure class="relative mb-4"><div class="relative"><img alt="An upturned beach hut, damaged by the storm on Jan. 09, 2026 in Hastings, United Kingdom. Storm Goretti, named by M&amp;#xe9;t&amp;#xe9;o-France, is the first named storm of 2026 to hit the UK. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)" loading="lazy" width="632" height="421" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/1G88PKFjyM59C3IFGrK2QA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTYzOTtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/accuweather_articles_339/3951a6bcf7e66bbab40dfe7bdbcf4894"></div><figcaption class="relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5"><div style="max-height:none;overflow:visible">An upturned beach hut, damaged by the storm on Jan. 09, 2026 in Hastings, United Kingdom. Storm Goretti, named by Météo-France, is the first named storm of 2026 to hit the UK. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)</div></figcaption></figure></div>

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