National Grid has said 44,619 properties are currently without power in the wake of Storm Goretti. There are a reported 197 power cuts across the South West. The National Grid has just updated its power map at 7.32am. Currently it lists 151 power cuts in Cornwall, with 41,731 properties affected.

Schoolchildren are enjoying an extra day off as heavy snow brought by Storm Goretti forces the closure of thousands of schools across the UK Hundreds in the Midlands alone have shut their doors as an amber weather warning for heavy snow remains in place.