Storm Chandra hits UK and Ireland

Storm Chandra hit the UK on Tuesday, causing hundreds of schools to close and disrupting travel due to heavy rain and strong winds. Footage from social media showed huge waves crashing onto the shore of Mousehole in Cornwall, and a flooded river Clyst in Devon. In Ireland, people struggled with flooding damage to homes and businesses Swathes of south-west England flooded and cut off by Storm Chandra