Met Office addresses impact of Storm Ivo as 50mph gales to batter UK coasts

Following Storm Éowyn and Storm Herminia, the second named by meteorologists successful Spain, a caller set of debased unit is expected contiguous - and with it volition travel rainfall and immense winds

Monster gales volition batter coastal areas passim the time - owed to the remnants of yet different storm.

Meteorologists successful Portugal coined today's bout of rainfall and upwind Storm Ivo - and aft it wreaks havoc crossed the European federation this morning, the set of debased unit volition tube north.

Southern England volition again carnivore the brunt of the weather, which volition beryllium peculiarly bedewed crossed East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent this day and into this evening. Wind speeds volition endanger to deed 50mph anyplace on the southbound coast, though Devon looks astir susceptible passim evening unreserved hour.

Yet, the Met Office person reassured Brits the tempest hasn't been named successful Britain due to the fact that its effects won't beryllium arsenic important arsenic those of Storm Éowyn, which killed 2 radical crossed the UK and Ireland past week. Schools were closed and radical were encouraged not to thrust erstwhile Éowyn struck.

The Met Office website does, though, state: "Cloud thickening crossed the precise acold south, with immoderate outbreaks of rain, perchance heavy, affecting the acold southbound coast."

Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: "It is technically Storm Ivo, albeit not causing overmuch successful the mode of disruption for the UK... We are going to spot immoderate dense rain, pushing crossed confederate parts into time (Wednesday). There has ever been a spot of uncertainty arsenic to precisely however acold northbound this rainfall is going to get, but I deliberation we're getting a spot much assured successful the thought that we're going to spot immoderate dense rainfall pushing initially crossed parts of Southwest England and past Southeast England.

"It's truly conscionable confederate astir counties conscionable astir staying to the southbound of London, but it could propulsion a small spot further northbound arsenic we spell done Wednesday and truthful a bedewed representation there."

The rainfall volition linger connected Wednesday night, and volition beryllium dilatory to determination distant from Kent and, successful particular, East Sussex. The Environment Agency is truthful acrophobic astir the rainfall it has 25 flood warnings successful place, including Fittleworth connected the Western River Rother successful West Sussex and the River Loddon and River Blackwater astatine Swallowfield successful Berkshire, which flows into the River Thames.

More than 100 radical were evacuated from their homes owed to flooding successful Somerset this week. A large incidental was declared by Somerset Council, which worked with constabulary and paramedics to get families to safety.