Irishman among 4 dead as hurricane batters Britain

An Irishman living in London was among four people killed as hurricane-force winds battered England, leaving a trail of destruction and disruption.

“Loving husband” and father of three Donal Drohan, 51, originally from Waterford, died after his car was hit by a tree at the bridge over the River Colne in Watford.

Bethany ‘Gia’ Freeman, a 17-year-old schoolgirl, was crushed as a 10m tree fell on the static home where she was sleeping in Hever, near Edenbridge, Kent, at 7.18am.