LIVE updates: Trees down in Shropshire as storm lashes the county

Scores of trees were brought down and some of the areas busiest road and rail routes were blocked during the evening rush hour as high winds caused chaos across Shropshire and Mid Wales.

Towns and villages suffered power cuts and roof tiles were blown from buildings as the area took a battering from gales.

A driver was taken to hospital after his lorry was hit by a tree at Atcham. The roof at an outbuilding at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital was blown off, causing disruption to traffic trying to leave the site on Mytton Oak Road.

Damage was also caused to the roof at Oswestry Leisure Centre, which was closed while damage was assessed. In Tilstock, near Whitchurch, a tree fell into a nearby graveyard.

Earlier, The Met Office issued a Red Alert alert for coastal areas, which were being battered by 100mph winds.

At Ternhill, the A41 was closed between the A53 an Bletchley Road after a lorry overturned.

In Church Stretton, a tree came down on Sandford Avenue, just off the main A49, this evening partially blocking the road.

At Whitchurch, a tree came down on Sedgeford near John Talbot School.

At Llanymynech, power cables came down on the main A483 North Road near Station Road by the Cross Keys, and at Stanford Bridge a tree fell on the A41 between Hinstock and Newport. A branch from a tree also fell on car in Oswestry School car park

In Whitchurch, a tree came down on the A49 Tarporley Road, near the Hill Valley Hotel; in Boningale, a tree fell on the A464 between Shifnal and Oaken, and a tree came down on the A464 Shifnal to Wolverhampton road, near Hatton.

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LIVE updates: Trees down in Shropshire as storm lashes the county