The Met Office has extended a series of weather warnings across the UK just hours before Storm Agnes makes landfall.
The nation is poised for the impending ‘Angry Agnes’s’ 80mph peak winds, which are set to batter the Republic of Ireland by tomorrow morning.
But this storm, tracked as coming off the Atlantic, is set to push eastwards towards the rest of the home nations by tomorrow afternoon.
Now, the Met Office has extended the already 112 areas its warnings cover – saying there are more likely impacts now for a whole host of areas.
It says: “The likelihood of impacts has been increased, particularly across Northern Ireland, southwest Scotland, west and northwest Wales, Cumbria and Lancashire.”
Storm Agnes, the Met Office says, will bring a spell of strong and disruptive winds through Wednesday afternoon into early Thursday.
What to expect
- Injuries and danger to life from flying debris are possible
- Some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs, could happen
- Some power cuts are likely to occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage
- Road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected, with longer journey times and cancellations possible. Some roads and bridges are likely to close
- There is a small chance of injuries and danger to life that could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties, with a chance of some minor flooding of coastal roads
