This video shows a felled lamppost on a road towards Darlington, County Durham, forcing cars to drive around it.

Storm Ali wreaked havoc across parts of the UK and Ireland this week, leaving at least two dead. One woman died after the caravan she was in was blown off a cliff in the Irish Republic, while in Northern Ireland a man was killed by a falling tree.

Winds as high as 100 mph caused 140,000 buildings to lose power and thousands of flights disrupted across the region.