The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning
Storm Amy is approaching and she’s set to pummel Britain with 80mph winds, torrential downpours and potential power outages, building damage and transport chaos, the Met Office has cautioned.
The freshly named storm is predicted to unleash mayhem across the UK for 30 hours starting Friday evening, with every home in the alert area now being advised to gather essential supplies needed to weather the severe conditions.
The Met Office has released a yellow weather alert coming into force from Friday, October 3 at 6pm and continuing until 11.59pm on Saturday, October 4 because of Storm Amy.
Within its guidance on storm safety measures distributed to residents alongside the warning, meteorological specialists encouraged people to make preparations beforehand by collecting at least three essentials – a torch, batteries and a portable phone charger.
The guidance stated: “People cope better with power cuts when they have prepared for them in advance. It’s easy to do; consider gathering torches and batteries, a mobile phone power pack and other essential items. Prepare to protect your property and people from injury. Check for loose items outside your home and plan how you could secure them. Items include; bins, garden furniture, trampolines, tents, sheds, and fences.”
In its weather bulletin, the Met Office confirmed Storm Amy will deliver ‘very strong winds’ to the UK, with 44 regions currently covered by its yellow weather alert, reports the Express.
The Met Office has warned: “Storm Amy is expected to bring a spell of very strong winds to many parts of northern Britain later on Friday and into Saturday. Westerly winds will pick up during Friday, initially in the west before extending eastwards during Friday night. Gusts of 50 to 60 mph are likely for many areas and may reach 60 to 70 mph in some places for a time. Exposed coasts and hills will see the highest gusts which could exceed 80 mph.”
The warning adds: “The strongest winds currently look more likely over parts of northern Scotland. This will lead to difficult driving conditions for high sided vehicles on prone routes such as cross winds on exposed or high level routes. The very strong winds will also be accompanied by spells of heavy rain, most persistent across parts of western Scotland.”
The forecasters added that the winds will ease for most parts on Saturday afternoon but will continue to be very strong for the Northern Isles and parts of the far north of Scotland through to the end of the day before slowly easing overnight.
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