Hurricane Ernesto to unleash 83mph winds on UK as ‘hazard to life’ warning made
A danger to life warning has been issued as Hurricane Ernesto is set to take the UK by storm.
It is thought the Hurricane will batter the country with 83mph winds and as a result, forecasters have issued three yellow warning warnings with up to 150mm of rain expected to fall in 24 hours.
The storm is currently a category-2 hurricane and is expected to enter and reach the UK later this week. It is currently charting along Bermuda, before hitting North Atlantic and onto the UK by Wednesday, August 21, as reported by Lancs Live.
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Forecasters have said that Northern and Western parts of the country are likely to bear the worst of the upcoming storms with Scotland believed to be one of the worst-affected areas.
The Met Office said there could be delays to public transport, spray and flooding on roads, as well as potential power cuts and flooding in homes and businesses.
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There is also a small chance that the spring tide will generate large waves that could result in injuries and a ‘danger to life’ in coastal areas on Wednesday and Thursday, the weather service added.
Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said: “Ernesto, at the moment, is still out on the other side of the Atlantic as a tropical storm. As we go through the next couple of days, it kind of weakens as it moves into cooler waters and gets absorbed into a more typical area of low pressure, which we kind of get quite often.”
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He continued: “Because the tropical systems just have so much warmth and a lot of moisture in them, remnants of the warmth and remnants of the moisture will be still there in that weather system on Wednesday and Thursday, so it will enhance the rainfall.”
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