Met Office releases ‘danger to life’ alert as 70mph winds spark yellow weather warning
THE Met Office has released a “danger to life” alert amid warnings of 70mph winds.
Forecasters urged Brits to take care with strong winds expected to start blowing through overnight.
Yellow weather warnings are in place tomorrow, covering all of Scotland, and much of the east coast down to Manchester.
The Met Office warned: “There is a small chance of injuries and danger to life from flying debris.”
It also said: “There is a small chance that injuries and danger to life could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties.”
Forecasters also warned the gusty winds could cause travel chaos, power cuts and loss of mobile phone coverage.
The 70mph winds are expected to hit Scotland around 5am tomorrow, and the east coast of England an hour later.
Both warnings are in place until the afternoon and evening.
It also warned some roads and bridges could be forced to close in the north east of England as a result of the gusts.
Scattered showers are expected to hit much of the UK today, with winds picking up this evening and becoming stronger overnight.
It comes at Met Office yesterday issued the urgent wind warnings.
A meteorologist said: “A deep area of low pressure is expected to impact much of northern Britain through Friday.
“Winds will increase from west to east, with gusts of 55-65 mph likely, and locally as high as 70-75 mph for exposed coasts and hills.”
Five flood alerts were also issued across swathes of Hampshire as well as East and West Sussex, where groundwater floods have been prolonged.
With a relatively dry February forecasted, many of those warnings are likely to wane as the days and weeks progress.