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A woman in her 20s has been killed as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia hit the British Isles, the BBC reports.

Maximum sustained winds are still at a devastating 185mph (295kph) and the hurricane continues to move in a west-north-westerly direction at 15mph (24kph), according to The Guardian.

Oil prices slid on Wednesday but gasoline spiked to its highest since mid-2015 as flooding and storm damage in the wake of Hurricane Harvey knocked out almost a quarter of U.S. refineries, crimping demand for crude but raising fears of fuel shortages, according to Reuters.

A family of six trying to escape the floodwaters produced by Harvey has been counted among the 14 victims who died in the historic storm, authorities said, Fox News reported.

Oil markets were roiled on Monday after Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc along the U.S. Gulf coast over the weekend, knocking out numerous refineries and some crude production, according to Reuters.

Hurricane Harvey has menaced the Texas coast with rain and heavy winds in what has been described as the fiercest storm to hit the United States in almost a dozen years, according to ABC.