Strong winds of up to 70mph are set to sweep the UK in the coming days, disrupting travel, power supplies and Storm Eunice recovery efforts, forecasters have warned.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for wind covering most of the UK on Sunday and Monday, after northern England faced blizzard-like conditions on Saturday afternoon.
Sunday could see gales the same speed recorded at Heathrow Airport on Friday when thousands watched planes struggling to land on YouTube channel Big Jet TV.
⚠️ Yellow weather warnings issued and updated ⚠️
— Met Office (@metoffice) February 19, 2022
Wind across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Sunday 1200 - Monday 1500
Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️ pic.twitter.com/mNjdmSmsB2
Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst urged Britons to brace for more windy weather.
Speaking on Saturday, he said: “We will see a slight easing in the wind over the evening time tonight, but it’s not long before they pick up again tomorrow to lead to another windy day across the UK.
“This will have an impact on the clearing up process over the course of the day.”
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Yellow warning for wind issued for Sunday and Monday
A yellow warning for wind has been issued for England and Wales on Sunday from midday until 3pm, while Northern Ireland and north-west England are covered by the same warning until midnight.
Identical warnings have also been issued for Monday.
A yellow warning for rain from midnight until 6pm on Sunday is in place for Cumbria, Lancashire and West Yorkshire.
National Rail has warned there is still “major disruption” to train services “across most of Great Britain”.
It's not just overhead power lines that are affected by #StormEunice. Here on the Southern Region our electrified lines are powered by conductor rails.
— Network Rail Wessex (@NetworkRailWssx) February 19, 2022
This morning we responded to a fire on the line in #Poole, caused by debris on the conductor rail. https://t.co/yHKbCRE306 pic.twitter.com/sSo8u1orGI
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At least three people were killed amid the severe conditions in the UK on Friday, and a gust of 122mph provisionally recorded at the Needles on the Isle of Wight would be the strongest ever in England, if verified.
A woman in her 30s died after a tree fell on a car in Haringey, north London, on Friday afternoon.
In Netherton, Merseyside, a man in his 50s died after debris struck the windscreen of a vehicle he was travelling in.
A man in his 20s was killed in Alton, Hampshire, after a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter pick-up collided with a tree in Old Odiham Road.
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