UK weather: Storm Jocelyn to bring strong winds and heavy rain in wake of Isha
The UK is preparing for Storm Jocelyn, just a day after Storm Isha caused havoc and claimed two lives.
Storm Jocelyn is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain on Tuesday, prompting weather warnings for Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and parts of England.
Thousands of homes remain without power following Storm Isha’s gusts reaching up to 99mph.
An 84-year-old man died in a car crash near Falkirk, and a man in his 60s was killed by a falling tree in Limavady, County Londonderry.
As of Monday evening, 13,000 customers in Northern Ireland and over 50,000 homes in the UK were still without electricity.
The Met Office has issued the following severe weather warnings:
- An amber warning for wind has been issued for the fringes of western and northern Scotland from 18:00 on Tuesday till 08:00 on Wednesday
- A yellow warning for wind has been issued across the whole of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern Wales and north-west England
- A yellow warning for wind is in place for south Wales, the Midlands and north-east England from 12:00 on Tuesday until 15:00 on Wednesday
- A yellow warning for rain has been issued across western Scotland from 07:00 until 18:00 on Tuesday
- A yellow warning for rain has been issued across parts of north-west England from 11:00 until 19:00 on Tuesday
- A yellow warning for ice has been issued across northern and eastern parts of Scotland until 09:00 on Tuesday.
