Storm Ashley tracker: Hour-by-hour weather forecast as major wind batters Britain with 82mph wind

As Storm Ashley continues to batter England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, present are hour-by-hour updates connected the tempest which is delivering 80mph winds astir the UK

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.

Weather maps amusement the tempest vortex moving crossed the Atlantic battering the westbound seashore of Ireland and Northern Ireland earlier the tempest makes successful beingness felt successful Britain, arsenic good arsenic the precocious speeds winds are meant to deed today.

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 Office Deputy 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.”

The Environment Agency issued a caller batch of 38 weather warnings with the tempest expected to batter the UK with winds of up to 80mph and wide flooding. Several places crossed England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are being told determination is simply a uncommon "danger to life" informing arsenic a effect of large coastal waves and escaped formation material.

The storm, which was named by Met Eireann arsenic it's expected to deed the Republic of Ireland first, volition beryllium astir terrible crossed Scotland's westbound coast, which is wherever the howling 80mph gusts volition beryllium seen. There is besides a "good chance" of powerfulness cuts successful the area.

Among those areas which person been issued the reddish warnings are the Cumbrian coastline, Mersey Estuary, the River Severn, River Trent, Southern Cornwall coast, Tidal Fal Estuary and Wye Estuary.

Flood warnings successful effect

1. Cumbrian coastline astatine Barrow successful Furness, astir Biggar, Rampside and Vickerstown
2. Cumbrian coastline astatine Barrow successful Furness, betwixt North and South Walney, Cavendish and Ramsden Docks
3. Cumbrian coastline astatine North Morecambe Bay, on the seashore from Roosebeck to Carnforth
4. Cumbrian coastline from Gretna to Silloth, betwixt Longtown and Skinburness
5. Cumbrian coastline from Gretna to Silloth including Port Carlisle, Skinburness and Rockcliffe
6. Cumbrian coastline from Silloth to St Bees, betwixt Allonby and Whitehaven
7. Cumbrian coastline from Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven
8. Cumbrian coastline from St Bees Head to Haverigg, on the seashore from North Head to Haverigg
9. Mersey Estuary astatine Arpley Bridge, Warrington
10. River Severn astatine Abbots Court, Deerhurst
11. River Severn astatine Apperley and The Leigh
12. River Severn astatine Bushley
13. River Severn astatine Chaceley and Haw Bridge
14. River Severn astatine Clifton and Severn Stoke
15. River Severn astatine Court Meadow, Kempsey and Callow End
16. River Severn astatine East Waterside, Upton upon Severn
17. River Severn astatine Hampton Loade and Highley
18. River Severn astatine Hanley Castle, Rectory Road successful Upton upon Severn and Saxons Lode
19. River Severn astatine Hanley Road, Upton upon Severn
20. River Severn astatine Hawford Wood and Bevere
21. River Severn astatine Ironbridge and Jackfield
22. River Severn astatine Pitchcroft, North Worcester
23. River Severn astatine Quatford
24. River Severn astatine Sandhurst and Maisemore
25. River Severn astatine Severn Ham, Tewkesbury
26. River Severn astatine Tewkesbury
27. River Severn successful North Worcester
28. River Severn successful South Worcester
29. River Severn Sandy Lane and Severnside, Stourport
30. River Trent astatine Alkborough Flats
31. South Cornwall seashore astatine Mounts Bay, seafront properties
32. South Cornwall seashore from Gribbin Head to Rame Head
33. South Cornwall seashore from Lands End to Lizard Point excluding Mounts Bay
34. South Cornwall seashore from Lizard Point to Gribbin Head excluding the Tidal Fal Estuary
35. Tidal Fal Estuary
36. Wye Estuary astatine Brockweir