UK weather: three dead as gale-force winds batter country

Storm Erik makes landfall in Prestwick, Scotland.At least three people have died as Storm Erik, with gale-force winds of up to 75mph, swept across the UK over the past 36 hours.A kitesurfer was killed after an incident on a beach in north Devon, where winds of up to 56mph were recorded according to the Met Office, although a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall police would not confirm whether the death was weather-related.