An updated weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for the rest of this week.
Storm Dudley is expected to arrive later today and Storm Eunice tomorrow.
The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning from 2pm to 6am tomorrow, bringing strong and disruptive winds.
What to expect
- Road, rail, air and ferry services likely to be affected, and some roads and bridges are likely to close, leading to longer journey times and cancellations.
- Perhaps some fallen trees and damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs
- There is a chance that power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage
- Large waves and beach material may be thrown onto coastal roads, sea fronts and properties
It has updated the warning as it says it has reduced peak winds and associated impacts associated with an amber warning.
Storm Eunice
Friday will see Storm Eunice arrive in the UK, bringing a period of very strong winds that could cause significant disruption.
What to expect
- There is a small chance that flying debris will result in a danger to life, with fallen trees, damage to buildings and homes, roofs blown off and power lines brought down
- There is a small chance that injuries and danger to life could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties
- Where damaging winds occur, there is a chance that long interruptions to power supplies and other services may occur
- There is a small chance that roads, bridges and railway lines could close, with long delays and cancellations to bus, train, ferry services and flights
It said extremely strong winds may develop over southwest England early on Friday, before spreading north and east during the morning.
It is not yet clear where within the warning area the strongest winds will be but gusts of 60-70mph are possible over a reasonably large area with a small chance of a brief period of gusts reaching 80 mph even inland.
Coastal winds are likely to be the strongest. In addition to the wind, there is the potential for a period of snow and perhaps blizzard conditions, most likely over northern England, parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and north Wales.
However, this is very dependant on the track of the weather system and most places will see heavy rain instead.
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Agencies preparing for Storm Dudley and Storm Eunice in Cumbria
