Storm Lilian ravages Creamfields sending tents flying – Leeds Festival is subsequent

Batten down the hatches Leeds Festival campers because a storm is coming. Storm Lilian no less, and tents at one of Britain’s biggest music weekenders of the year are likely to be in the firing line.

Cheshire-based Creamfields, another huge music festival this weekend, offer a glimpse of exactly what Yorkshire revellers can expect today, and it’s not looking good. In fact, one music fan claims to have already packed his bags to head home.

According to the Met Office, gusts of up to 80mph are expected, with travel disruption, flooding, power cuts and dangerous conditions near coastal areas, The Mirror reports. Motorists in northern parts of Wales and England have been advised to to take care on the roads as Storm Lilian is set to surge through.

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Someone at Creamfields took to X this morning to share evidence of the miserable scenes at 6.20am. They captioned the video: “Chaos at creamfields this morning as the storm hits tents snapped, girls screaming, and a rogue dinosaur on the loose. This was taken at btw.”

Another clip, simply captioned “Creamfields weather” shows tents clinging on for dear life as blistering winds rattle their rooftops.

Ewan Gleadow wrote on X: “Abandoning Leedsfest less than a day in is the wisest move I’ve made. If it weren’t for the weather, the lineup and the freaks yelling “Alan,” as if the chipmunk YouTube video is still funny, it’d have been alright. But staying in a sunk tent to hear Catfish? What a mess.”

A yellow wind warning has also come into force covering northern England and north Wales until 11am on Friday, with the storm widely expected to bring gusts of 50-60mph in the region.

The official X account of the Met Office posted at 5am on Friday: “Winds are now strengthening in many areas with the strongest winds occurring during the next few hours across northern England and north Wales Damaging gusts are possible in places so ensure you stay #WeatherAware.”

Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst warned campers at Leeds Festival: “The wind will pick up in that area through the night, particularly strongest towards dawn and then first thing in the morning, before then easing through the morning.”

“So there could be potentially some impacts from those strong winds, of 50 to 60mph in the area so it’s worth making sure your tents are secured. There could also be disruption first thing to the transport networks for those travelling first thing.”

Lillian’s influence would “wane” by Friday afternoon as it reduced in intensity and pushed off into the North Sea, with scattered showers for most of the rest of the day, Mr Dixon said.

After the possibility of some heavy showers early on Saturday, settled conditions were likely to develop across southern and eastern England and Wales with sunny spells and dry conditions mixed with the odd chance of scattered showers.

The North and North West would continue to see “a fairly unsettled weekend”, with various fronts moving in and bringing more persistent rain, particularly for parts of western Scotland and Northern Ireland, the forecaster said.

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