Storm Malik leaves 16,000 without power as Storm Corrie looms

Two people killed by falling trees: a 9-year-old boy in Staffordshire and a 60-year-old woman in Aberdeen; a man hospitalized.

In the wake of Storm Malik's passage across northern Britain, tens of thousands of people found themselves without heat or light, reminded once more that the natural world operates on a scale indifferent to human infrastructure. Two lives — a child in Staffordshire and a woman in Aberdeen — were claimed by falling trees, lending grief to what might otherwise be counted only in outages and delays. Before restoration crews could complete their work, a second storm, Corrie, was already gathering at the horizon, promising to test both the resilience of the power networks and the patience of those

Storm Malik leaves 16,000 without power as Storm Corrie looms

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