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The Met Office issued yellow rain warnings for western, northern and southwest Scotland until 10:00 on Monday 12 January, as mild Atlantic air ended the wintry spell and snow melt raised flood risk.
The Met Office has updated its amber wind warning for the Isles of Scilly and parts of Cornwall, in force from 16:00 to 23:00 on Thursday 8 January, as Storm Goretti brings a multi-hazard spell of…
The UK government sent an emergency alert to the Isles of Scilly at 3:03pm on 8 January 2026 warning of a RED wind warning with winds peaking from 4:00pm and a danger to life.
SSEN has moved to its Weather Warning preparedness level in central southern England ahead of gale-force winds from Storm Goretti forecast for Thursday evening and the early hours of Friday.
The Met Office issued yellow snow and wind warnings for parts of England and Wales ahead of Storm Goretti, a multi-hazard event expected from Thursday evening into Friday.
The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for snow, ice and wind as Arctic air moves south across the UK from New Year's Day, with amber cold health alerts for England until January 6.
SSEN has moved to its Weather Warning level of preparedness in northern Scotland ahead of forecast snow, ice and high winds, with the status expected to remain in place through to Sunday.
The Met Office issued a yellow warning for snow and ice across northern Scotland for Thursday 1 January and into Friday, with strong northerly winds and significant accumulations possible by Friday…
Storm Bram brought cancelled rail and ferry services, road closures, power cuts to several thousand properties and flooding including in Totnes, Devon, on 9 and 10 December 2025.
The Met Office has issued Yellow Warnings for wind for Thursday and Friday, with gusts of up to 75mph forecast for north west Scotland and SSEN moving to its "Weather Warning" preparedness level.
The Met Office has issued multiple yellow warnings for snow and ice across Scotland and northern England, with an amber snow warning for Yorkshire on Thursday and an amber cold health alert for…
The Met Office has issued Amber rain warnings for southern and central England and Wales, with wider yellow warnings for rain and wind, as Storm Claudia brings heavy rain on Friday and into Saturday.
Storm Boelo damaged the A78 road surface and sea wall south of Skelmorlie on 25 October, closing the road, with school buses now escorted through a restricted lane.
The Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning for parts of Norfolk from 10am to 9pm on Friday 23 October, with Storm Austen expected to bring gales, transport delays and short-term power loss.
Storm Amy brought Amber and Yellow wind warnings to Northern Ireland, Scotland, north-west England and north-west Wales from Friday 3 October 2025, with gusts of around 100 mph possible in western…
The Met Office issued a further yellow thunderstorm warning for Norfolk from 5pm on 27 August until 7am the next morning, following an earlier warning that day.
SSEN has moved to Weather Warning status in the north of Scotland ahead of extensive, prolonged lightning forecast for most of Wednesday and Thursday, with extra engineers and call handlers brought…
Storm Floris brought gusts of up to 82mph to northern Scotland on 4 and 5 August 2025, closing rail lines and bridges, cancelling flights and cutting power to more than 70,000 properties.
An 83mph gust was recorded on the coast at Wick at 7pm on Monday during Storm Floris, which SSEN says may be a record for that low altitude in August, as it works to reconnect 22,000 properties.
The Met Office has issued an Amber wind warning for much of Scotland, including Orkney, and a wider Yellow warning for the northern half of the UK as Storm Floris brings unseasonably strong winds.