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Storm Imogen lashes Britain with gales and torrential rain

Storm Imogen has brought winds of up to 96mph to parts of the UK, leaving thousands of homes without power and causing travel disruption.

A RSPCA inspector has also gone missing following a call-out near Penzance to rescue a flock of gannets stranded by the storm and two young children were seriously injured when a stone wall collapsed on them.

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Elderly man hurt and dog killed as wall collapses in storm

An elderly man has been seriously injured and his dog killed when a flint garden wall crashed down on them during winds from Storm Imogen.

The man in his 70s suffered a suspected double leg break after the five foot high wall blew over as gale-force winds hit the West Sussex region.

Powerful waves battered the shoreline in Hastings in East Sussex as Storm Imogen brought gale-force winds to the southern region. Credit: PA Wire

A spokesman for South East Coast Ambulance Service said the man was "fully conscious" while being treated and was taken to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester.

Storm Imogen has brought a swathe of damage as 80mph winds swept across the UK, leaving more then 13,500 homes without power.

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