UK weather: Millions told to stay at home as Storm Eunice batters UK
Millions of people in the UK have been told to stay at home as Storm Eunice – one of the worst storms in decades – batters the UK.
Two rare red weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office for much of southern and eastern England and south Wales. The red warning means there is a danger to life from flying debris.
Winds of up to 92MPH have been recorded on the Isle of Wight – as hundreds of schools are closed and travel disruptions cause major chaos.
Thousands of homes in southwest England and south Wales have been hit by power cuts.
Storm Eunice is being described as one of the worst storms in decades.
It comes after Storm Dudley battered parts of Scotland earlier in the week leaving thousands of homes without power. Northern England and Northern Ireland were also affected.
The Met Office has issued several weather warnings across the UK:
- A red warning for wind – the highest level of alert – along the coastline of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset and south Wales from 07:00 GMT until 12:00 on Friday with gusts of up to 90mph
- A further red warning for wind has been issued for London, south-east England and parts of east England from 10:00 until 15:00
- An amber warning for wind covering all of England south of Manchester and Wales until 21:00 with gusts of up to 80mph
- A yellow warning for snow for much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England from 03:00 until 18:00
- A yellow warning for wind in the Midlands, north-east England, north-west England, parts of Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland from 07:00 until 18:00 with gusts of up to 70mph
- A yellow warning for wind covering London, south-east England, south-west England, Wales and parts of the West Midlands from 06:00 to 18:00 on Saturday
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