IT SEEMED areas of Devon and Cornwall came to a standstill over Friday and Saturday as the manic weather conditions from Storm Callum took full force.

Collapsed trees and power lines brought motorists to a halt, anticipated events were forced to cancel and floods flowed across the region’s roads — the wrath of Storm Callum was evident over the weekend.

Many people in the Post area were affected by the stormy weather, with their photos and warnings leading the conversations via social media pages.

On Friday, we braced ourselves as the MET Office issued yellow weather warnings, with gusts of between 50 and 70mph across some parts of the Devon and Cornwall area, along with lashings of heavy rain.

As a result, many trains from the region were cancelled, along with some flights from Newquay and Exeter airports.

Flybe announced on Friday morning that due to the high winds, all Flybe operated flights from Newquay and Exeter before 11am would be cancelled, declaring that the safety of its passengers and crew was its ‘number one priority’.

In Launceston, reports of flooding and trees that had come down and were blocking roads were imminent, with warnings of high volumes of water situated at Polson bridge.

Numerous trees had also taken a hit from the strong blustery weather, with debris sticking out onto the road from Chillaton to Lifton on Friday morning.

There were also reports of a tree blocking the road on the route from Polyphant to the Rising Sun Inn at Altarnun, as well as another tree blocking part of the A30 near Five Lanes, eastbound by Wesley Way.

Before lunchtime on Friday, it was reported that motorists travelling the Launceston to Callington road were experiencing some trouble when a power line had collapsed, with Western Power attending the scene.

One appliance from Launceston Community Fire Station responded to the incident, with a high voltage cable found lying across the main road on arrival.

The services estimated that the road would be closed for at least three hours while they tried to make it safe.

In Camelford, a tree had come down on Friday by the rugby club, and by the coast, the Port William Inn at Trebarwith Strand announced that it was unable to serve its full menu due to the weather, offering a limited menu only for that day.

Another tree had collapsed and was blocking the road past Tregoodwell, Camelford, but with a little community spirit in mind, local man Craig Hallett used his chainsaw and by Saturday morning, the tree had been cleared.

Meanwhile in Holsworthy, yet another tree had caused havoc, with the road by the recycling centre and Brandis Corner being blocked, but swiftly cleared.

On the A388 North Road, there were reports of slow traffic due to fallen power cables between Waterloo Road and Pearson Close.

Bude Community Fire Station revealed that it had released its water rescue teams to Torpoint on Wednesday, October 10 to assist other water rescue teams in retrieving a vehicle from flood water in the town, urging people to not risk driving through flood water.

To much disappointment, the hard decision was made by the committee to cancel Saturday’s Launceston Carnival.