Trees blown down by Storm Henk have partially blocked a key commuter road near Oxford.

The branches are blocking almost all of the city-bound carriageway of the Cumnor Hill, with traffic being forced to drive around it.

By lunchtime today there were still no warning signs in place to ask drivers to slow down.

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The trees appeared to have fallen from a garden of one of the homes on Cumnor Hill.

Storm Henk's strong winds have uprooted trees across the county.

Roads across Oxfordshire have been affected by flood water.

Oxford Mail: Trees down on Cumnor Hill There are 34 flood alerts issued across Oxfordshire and nine flood warnings on rivers in the area.

Storm Henk has battered large parts of the UK.

READ MORE: Bicester railway line blocked 

The Met Office issued an amber warning for high winds yesterday, with trees falling across the county including on the railway line between Bicester North and Banbury.

Oxford Mail: Trees down on Cumnor HillThis caused trains to run at a reduced speed causing delays on the line towards the West Midlands.

A Chiltern Railways statement said: "Due to a tree blocking the line towards the West Midlands between Bicester and Banbury train services running through these stations may be delayed by up to 40 minutes.

"This is whilst work is carried out to remove the blockage. Apologies for any inconvenience caused."

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