We cover news from public bodies and utility companies for UK households on power cuts, weather, water, health, safety and security. Each report includes the date and sources, with links to our guides.
A major incident was declared in Rhondda Cynon Taf after Storm Bert brought severe flooding to south Wales, with hundreds of homes, businesses and schools affected and flood warnings still in force…
Northern Powergrid restored power to 25,600 customers affected by Storm Bert on 23 November 2024, with some customers expected to remain without supply overnight.
Three men died on the roads on Saturday as Storm Bert brought heavy rain, flooding and high winds to the UK, with a major incident declared in south Wales.
Storm Bert reached the SP Manweb electricity licence area around 8am on 22 November 2024, with an 83mph gust at Capel Curig, but the network operator reports no major impact on its supplies.
Storm Bert brought heavy rain, strong winds and snow to the UK from 22 to 25 November 2024, flooding hundreds of properties in Wales and England, cutting power to 350,000 homes and causing a number of…
SSEN has moved to Weather Warning status ahead of Storm Bert, forecasting a 24-hour period of heavy rain and high winds across north Scotland and central southern England on 23 and 24 November 2024.
The first cold episode of winter 2024 to 2025 ran from 20 to 21 November 2024, with amber Cold Health Alerts in six regions of England and yellow alerts in the other three, the UK Health Security…
Severn Trent has issued winter advice to customers to lag pipes and find their stop tap after snow fell across its region, with Met Office Yellow Weather warnings in place for the East and West…
The UK Health Security Agency issued the first amber Cold Weather Health Alert of the winter season for five English regions, with a new amber alert for the East of England and yellow alerts for three…
The Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland has issued advice on keeping warm, carbon monoxide safety, helping vulnerable neighbours and winter vaccines after a yellow warning for snow and ice.
Transport Scotland has set out its winter service for 2024/25, with over 230 gritters, more than 412,000 tonnes of salt in stock and improved ice measures on the Queensferry Crossing.
Storm Bert cut power to 60,000 Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks customers across central southern England, with almost 700 faults on the network and all but 690 customers restored within 24…
The UK Health Security Agency issued its first yellow cold weather alert of the year for five English regions, lasting until 21 November 2024, as National Energy Action warned of the impact on…
Storm Bert brought widespread rainfall and record river levels to South Wales in November 2024, flooding more than 700 homes and forcing about 40 households to evacuate after a coal tip landslip.
Flooding in Northamptonshire and West Yorkshire followed Storm Bert in November 2024, with fire service photographs of the response published alongside a national warning that the UK is not adequately…
The Met Office has launched its WeatherReady winter campaign with survey results showing almost half of people in the UK were caught out unexpectedly by severe weather in the past year.
SSEN Distribution moved to Yellow Alert status for the north of Scotland on 19 October 2024, with gale force winds from Storm Ashley forecast for Sunday 20 and Monday 21 October.
Transport Scotland has named Storm Ashley as the first named storm of the 2024/25 season, as it set out its winter service plans after a record 12 named storms in 2023/24.
Natural Resources Wales has reported that Storm Ashley brought sea flooding to the coastal communities of Borth, Amroth and Aberystwyth on 20 and 21 October 2024, the first named storm of the 2024/25…
Gloucestershire community group GRCC cites Storm Bert in autumn 2024 as part of the county's recent record of dangerous weather, in a Flood Action Week 2025 article urging households to prepare.