The Met Office has issued warnings to almost every part of the UK ahead of Storm Darragh’s arrival. The storm was officially named yesterday and is on its way, bringing with it 80mph winds and an amber “danger to life” warning for parts of the country.
It will take hold later today, and is set to last for 72 hours, and comes off the back of an already tumultuous period. But now Brits are being told to expect serious gales, snow and torrential downpours. For the areas impacted by the amber wind warnings – see below for the full list – the Met Office has claimed that there is a “good chance” that power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage.
They also claim: “Injuries and danger to life is likely from large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, sea fronts and properties.”
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And for parts of Scotland, snow will fall, with the experts stating: “A period of snow is expected to affect higher ground of Scotland during Friday evening and overnight into Saturday morning. About two to 5cm of snow is expected to fall above 200 or 300m with 10 to 20cm above 400m which will bring difficult travelling conditions and some disruption to higher routes. Temporary snow accumulations may also affect lower levels for a time on Friday evening.”
Yellow wind warnings:
- East Midlands
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Leicester
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland
- Bedford
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Luton
- Norfolk
- Peterborough
- Southend-on-Sea
- Suffolk
- Thurrock
- Bracknell Forest
- Brighton and Hove
- Buckinghamshire
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- East Sussex
- Greater London
- Hampshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Medway
- Milton Keynes
- Oxfordshire
- Portsmouth
- Reading
- Slough
- Southampton
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- West Sussex
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Wokingham
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
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- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Halton
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Warrington
- Northern Ireland
- County Antrim
- County Armagh
- County Down
- County Fermanagh
- County Londonderry
- County Tyrone
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
- Bristol
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- Isles of Scilly
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- Swindon
- Torbay
- Wiltshire
- Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
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- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Warwickshire
- Worcestershire
- Yorkshire & Humber
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- North Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- York
Yellow snow warnings
- Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Clackmannanshire
- Falkirk
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
- Grampian
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
- Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Highland
- Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Dunbartonshire
- North Lanarkshire
Yellow rain warnings
- Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Clackmannanshire
- Dundee
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
- Grampian
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- West Lothian
- Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
Amber wind warnings
- Blackpool
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Cumbria
- Halton
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- County Antrim
- County Armagh
- County Down
- County Fermanagh
- County Londonderry
- County Tyrone
- Dumfries and Galloway
- South West England
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Isles of Scilly
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- Torbay
- Strathclyde
- South Ayrshire
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
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