forced people to leave their homes for safety. a yellow weather warning for widespread strong winds has been in place for most of the uk but has now been lifted. there are still 157 flood warnings across england, wales and scotland, and �*danger to life�* alerts were issued in greater manchester, as the river mersey reached its highest ever level. storm franklin comes days after storm eunice killed three people and left 1.4 million homes without power — 33,000 are still waiting to be reconnected. sanchia berg reports. the third major storm in less than a week, battering the coast of northern ireland this morning. storm franklin, like eunice and dudley, is driven by an active jet stream, a current of air, five miles above the earth. in mid wales, high winds and rain caused flooding. roger hicks went to check on his elderly mother in the village of llandinam. i came round to the back of the house, and by the time i got round there, within two minutes, there was a foot, at least, of water, it had come in so suddenly. so, of course, we had to rush then to get her out