Storm Ashley: Terrifying videos show scale of mega 80mph wind as fire sparked in storm's wrath

As the rampant Storm Ashley continues to batter the UK with torrential rainfall and precocious winds, causing plentifulness of flooding and damage, terrifying videos amusement the powerfulness of the storm

Scary footage of the aftermath of a immense storm that is battering the UK has shown fires, floods, and harm caused by it.

The Met Office announced Storm Ashley would beryllium arriving successful England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland the Republic of Ireland connected Sunday greeting and has had immoderate devastating consequences passim the day.

One spot which has felt the wrath of the tempest is Cork metropolis centre, wherever a occurrence has started. Cork City Fire Brigade tweeted: "Our crews responded to respective insignificant Storm Ashley incidents including downed electrical cables and a histrion down adjacent the Mardyke." Alongside the tweet is simply a video of flames connected the level and a knocked-over tree.

Paul O'Brien shared a video of flooding by the seashore and the beardown winds blowing it around, adding: "Storm Ashley has deed Salthill during precocious tide this evening. This is the Atlantic astatine its wildest." While Sryan Bruen shared footage of highly choppy waters with an Irish Ferries cruiser successful the background. They wrote: Irish Ferries and Stena Line passing by Poolbeg Lighthouse astatine precocious tide."

Luke Chambers besides took to societal media to stock a video of his turbulent landing successful the UK. He wrote: "Another bumpy 1 this day feeling each spot of Storm Ashley connected the Air Tanker landing into Manchester Airport."

Weather maps amusement the staggering speeds of Storm Ashley arsenic it batters the UK with torrential rainfall and winds of up to 80mph. Horrid conditions person deed England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with gales hitting immoderate areas aft the Met Office issued a informing of a "danger to life" to immoderate people.

Hundreds of flood warnings person besides been issued and immoderate roads closed. A yellowish upwind informing has covered overmuch of the UK and came into spot successful the aboriginal hours of this morning. There was a informing of harm to buildings, powerfulness cuts and injuries, and information to beingness from the precocious velocity winds.

As the centre of the tempest moves northbound and west, precocious winds volition whip the UK with gusts of up to 80mph successful Scotland portion Wales is forecast to spot gusts of up to 65 mph with akin windspeeds successful northbound westbound England.

The winds are acceptable to get stronger passim the time earlier dissipating connected Monday.

Met OfficeDeputy Chief Meteorologist Tony Wisson, said: “Storm Ashley volition bring beardown winds for astir of the UK connected Sunday earlier it clears connected Monday, with a accidental of immoderate disruption crossed parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northwest England and West Wales.

“A play of particularly beardown winds are expected connected Sunday day and evening successful occidental Scotland, wherever gusts could perchance scope 70-80mph successful exposed areas and an Amber informing for winds has been issued here.

"More mostly 50-60 mph are imaginable successful immoderate inland areas successful different parts of the informing area, particularly Northern Ireland and occidental Scotland, and possibly up to 60-70 mph on exposed coasts and hills. These beardown winds successful conjunction with precocious outpouring tides, whitethorn origin immoderate disruption.”