A fallen tree blocks the road after the St. Jude storm in Islington, north London October 28, 2013. Strong storm winds and rain battered southern parts of England and Wales early on Monday, forcing flight cancellations, disrupting trains and closing roads and major bridges before the start of rush-hour. REUTERS/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER TRANSPORT)

At least 13 people have reportedly died from storm St Jude that blasted Britain and western Europe on Monday. It also toppled trees, inundated lowlands and forced power supply operators to cut supply, leaving thousands without electricity.

The Atlantic storm St Jude gave extensive damage to power lines across the East of England and South East. UK Power Networks said its excessively high winds interrupted electricity supplies to about 40,000 customers.

In Southern England, more than 600,000 homes and businesses were left without power on Monday.

Around 75,000 homes meanwhile were affected in France when power supply had to be cut, as operators feared the winds which reached 100 kilometres per hour.

According to the Energy Networks Association, a body representing UK and Ireland electricity and gas network operators, the badly affected areas blasted by Atlantic storm St Jude were in the south-east and East Anglia. It likewise reported blackouts in the West Country.

"The south-west took a bit of a hit in the early hours, but it doesn't seem to have caused that many people to have lost their supplies," Tim Field, a spokesman for the industry body, was quoted by The Telegraph.

"There is a population density point. If you lose a power line in the south-east it affects more people."

Mr Field implored on customers to remain patient as they work to restore electricity supply which was cut when Atlantic storm St Jude's high winds damaged both low voltage and high voltage lines. He vowed they are working steadfastly but gave no definite timeline as to when full power restoration will be achieved.

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"It's still quite early days in terms of establishing the full scale of the damage and how long it will take to repair," he said.

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The companies affected by massive blackouts were UK Power Networks, Western Power Distribution, and Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution.

Meanwhile, among the fatalities included were a 17-year-old girl, killed by a falling tree in her home in Kent and a Watford man who died inside his car when it was crushed by a falling tree. In Hounslow, a man and woman were killed after a house exploded when a gas pipe got hit by a falling tree.

Of the 13 reported deaths, six came from Germany, five from Britain and one each from the Netherlands and Denmark. One woman has been reported missing in France.

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