Storm Eunice claimed one life and caused widespread damage and chaos on Merseyside's road network.
The emergency services were called out to Switch Island at around 2.50pm yesterday following reports of vehicle damage.
At the scene police found a man in his 50s, who was a passenger in the van, injured.
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Paramedics provided care but he was later pronounced dead.
The fatal incident happened as Storm Eunice hit the region with winds of up to 70pmh.
Scotland Road, on the edge of the city centre, was closed by the fire service due to an unsafe building. Photographs showed the building's roof had come off.
The closure off Scotland Road led to traffic queuing back to Everton Valley as three lanes of traffic were diverted.
The storm also blew the roof off Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy, a high school in Runcorn.
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service attended the school but the extent of damage inside was unclear.
The Met Office has issued further weather warnings for a wet and windy weekend. Winds of around 50 mph could return to the city on Sunday afternoon.
Merseyside Police has launched an appeal for information about the fatal incident at Switch Island.
Sergeant Amy Murray said: “This is a very tragic incident and our sympathies go out to the family and friends of the passenger and anyone else who has been affected.
“I would ask anyone who was in the area of Switch Island/Dunningsbridge Road, heading towards Aintree, from Maghull, at around 2pm who saw anything or captured anything significant on their dash cam to contact us as they may have information which is vital to our enquiries.”
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information or dashcam footage is asked to call the Matrix Roads Policing Unit on (0151) 777 5747, email SCIU@merseyside.police.uk, or DM @MerPolCC on Twitter quoting log 566 of 18 th February.
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