MORE than a million homes were left without power after killer Storm Eunice blasted the country with 122mph gales.
There are fears some Brits could face disruption until next WEEK as forecasters warn of severe winds throughout the weekend.
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While 700,000 properties have now been reconnected by engineers battling the intense conditions, 435,000 households remain in the dark tonight.
It comes as the mercury plunges and warnings for ice and snow are issued.
Some outages could last for two full days and nights – or even longer in rural areas.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has warned that “there will be more disruption to come”.
Helicopters and generators have been deployed to help people cope, he said.
Properties in Cornwall and Devon were particularly hard-hit, with 15,000 homes left without power on Friday.
Meanwhile, a slew of new weather warnings have been issued, likely compounding the problem.
Eight inches of snow, freezing ice and 80mph gales will follow in the squall’s wake.
It comes as:
Temperatures will plummet to -1C tonight in some areas.
A new yellow warning for ice is then in place across the vast majority of Scotland and down into England.
Those on the east coast will miss the icy blast – but residents as far south as Stoke on Trent are urged to take care.
That warning is in place until 9am on Saturday.
A separate yellow alert for wind is also in place for the south today between 6am and 6pm.
The warning covers south Wales, swathes of the West Country and the entire south coast.
On Sunday, yellow warnings for wind have been issued for Scotland and parts of the north-west, while a rain alert is in place between Carlisle and Bakewell in Derbyshire.
And on Monday, another yellow alert for wind will be enforced in Scotland and the north-west.
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Britain will finally be free of weather misery at noon that day.
Travel chaos will also continue, and National Rail has warned of ongoing disruption.
Thousands of trains were cancelled on Friday, with rail bosses issuing a blanket “do not travel” warning.
All services in and out of London Euston were halted. Every service in Wales was also cancelled, while Avanti West Coast and Chiltern Railways suspended their lines.
Aviation analytics firm Cirium estimates that more than 400 flights were cancelled – just as the half-term break begins.
Tragically, three Brits and an Irishman are known to have been killed during the storm.
A woman in her 30s, who was a passenger in a car, died in Haringey, London when a tree fell onto the vehicle.
A man in his 30s, who was behind the wheel, was taken to hospital. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
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In Hampshire, a man in his 20s was killed and a second man seriously injured when a 10-foot tree fell in market town Alton.
A man in his 50s died when debris smashed through the windscreen of a car in Merseyside.
And a man in his 60s died in Co Wexford when he was crushed by a tree as he cleared debris.
Elsewhere, three people were taken to hospital – one with serious injuries – after a tree fell on a car in Wiltshire, while two others were hurt in a balcony collapse in London.
Yesterday’s gales are believed to be the highest ever recorded in England, according to the Met Office.
The worst-hit region – the Isle of Wight – recorded wind gusts of 122mph.
Gusts there were even stronger than during the Great Storm of 1987 when 18 people were killed.
London was covered by a red ‘danger to life’ weather alert for the first time ever.
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In Croydon, astonishing footage shows pedestrians being knocked off their feet.
Part of the roof at the O2 was also torn away, with staff warning the venue could be shut for months.
London Fire Brigade has declared a major incident after a surge of 999 calls – with 550 recorded between 10.30am and 1pm, more than the average number usually taken over 24 hours.
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