Brits have been issued an urgent warning as another storm gets set to batter the UK after Storm Isha, with the Met Office saying ‘strong winds and heavy rain’ are on the way.
Storm Isha has been causing huge disruption to parts of Britain after bringing winds of up to 99mph.
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The conditions have been so severe in some areas that there have already been two fatalities - an 84-year-old man in Falkirk, Scotland, who died after the car he was travelling in crashed into a fallen tree, and another man in Northern Irish town Limavady, whose death came after a tree fell onto his car.
The storm has also left thousands without power and created huge disruption to travel, with many flights forced to redirect to other countries after being unable to land.
But the Met Office has warned that the dangerous weather is not through yet, thanks to the arrival of Storm Jocelyn.
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Steve Willington, Met Office Chief Meteorologist, said: “Although this system will be a step down relative to Storm Isha, with the damage and clean up still underway, we could potentially see more impacts from Storm Jocelyn.
“Outbreaks of heavy rain on Tuesday could bring rainfall accumulations of 15 to 20 mm quite widely with 40 to 50 mm over higher ground in southwest Scotland, the Scottish Highlands and parts of northwest England.
"Wind gusts are expected to reach 55 to 65 mph across northwestern Scotland while there is potential for winds to gust to 75 to 80 mph in a few places, in particular exposed parts of the Western Isles and coastal northwest Scotland early on Wednesday morning.”
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Amber and yellow national severe weather warnings for wind - which cover much of the UK - have been issued, while there are also yellow warnings for rain in parts of western and southern Scotland, and northwest England.
"The winds will gradually ease through the Wednesday and as we head through the rest of the week the weather continues to look changeable, with the drier and most settled conditions towards the south and east, and the most unsettled (wettest and windiest) conditions expected in the northwest,” the Met Office said, adding that temperatures are expected to ‘remain mild or close to average for the time of year’.
Jess Hardiman