The St Jude storm swept through Hillingdon and west London on Monday leaving a trail of fallen trees and devastation in its wake.
In Harrow a father of three was killed, and in the Hounslow borough a fallen tree appears to have triggered a gas explosion that left two dead amid the rubble of their homes.
Mercifully storms are rare, but even so should Hillingdon Borough Council be better prepared? So we're asking:
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