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Thousands of homes in Cornwall still without power or water days after Storm Goretti

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 January 2026

Lib Dem MP hits out at Commons speaker for failing to grant him right to call for national emergency response

Thousands of homes in the south-west of England were still without power or water on Monday in the aftermath of Storm Goretti.

It has been four days since Goretti brought gusts of almost 100mph and a rare red warning for “dangerous, stormy” winds, but the continued disruption has led one Cornish MP to call for a “national emergency”.

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Thousands of homes in Cornwall still without power or water days after Storm Goretti

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 January 2026

Lib Dem MP hits out at Commons speaker for failing to grant him right to call for national emergency response

Thousands of homes in the south-west of England were still without power or water on Monday in the aftermath of Storm Goretti.

It has been four days since Goretti brought gusts of almost 100mph and a rare red warning for “dangerous, stormy” winds, but the continued disruption has led one Cornish MP to call for a “national emergency”.

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Thousands of homes in Cornwall still without power or water days after Storm Goretti

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 12 January 2026

Lib Dem MP hits out at Commons speaker for failing to grant him right to call for national emergency response

Thousands of homes in the south-west of England were still without power or water on Monday in the aftermath of Storm Goretti.

It has been four days since Goretti brought gusts of almost 100mph and a rare red warning for “dangerous, stormy” winds, but the continued disruption has led one Cornish MP to call for a “national emergency”.