Storm Bert back for more after leaving three killed and thousands without power

Good greeting and invited backmost to today’s sum of Storm Bert.

The convulsive upwind is expected to bring much disruption, with milder temperatures causing the snowfall which covered the northbound of England and overmuch of Scotland to melt, starring to flooding successful galore areas.

Dozens of reddish flood warnings person been issued successful England, meaning flooding is expected and residents and concern owners should ‘act now’, according to the Environment Agency (EA).

The Met Office said Storm Bert is apt to origin ‘dangerous coastal conditions’ and disruption crossed confederate England and parts of Wales until 9pm with a yellowish upwind informing successful place.

A antheral whitethorn person been swept distant by floodwater successful North Wales arsenic constabulary motorboat an urgent search.

The canine walker went missing astir the River Conwy successful Trefriw, with the surrounding tract flooded successful the dense rain.

The alarm was raised by a household subordinate soon aft 4pm erstwhile the alarm was raised by a household member, the Daily Post reports.

While the canine has been safely located, the antheral remains missing.

Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Team said the melting crystal and snowfall had combined with a precocious tide to rise h2o levels.

National Grid, which connects straight to homes successful the Midlands, South West England and South Wales, said determination were presently 4,345 properties without power.

Northern Powergrid said astir 27,00 homes crossed the North East, Yorkshire and bluish Lincolnshire person experienced powerfulness cuts earlier today.

In Ireland, ESB Networks said 11,000 customers stay without power, predominantly successful counties Donegal, Sligo, Mayo and Galway.

People surviving successful Wales person been told flooding is ‘imminent’ arsenic 51 alerts person been issued crossed the nation.

Eight flood warnings are successful spot astatine the River Towy, River Cothi, River Tawe, River Severn and River Loughor.

Cape Curig successful Gwynedd has seen the astir rainfall since Storm Bert deed the UK yesterday, with 64.4mm recorded implicit the past 12 hours.

Ten radical were besides rescued from a landslide successful Llangollen.

Five adults and 5 children had to beryllium rescued from a location successful Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, adjacent Llangollen successful northbound Wales, pursuing a landslide.

A North Wales Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said they are each being assessed by ambulance services distant from the country ‘somewhere warm’.

A further landslide has been reported successful the country but it is understood nary 1 has been affected.

Over the weekend, Wales is expected to look up to 75mm of rainfall widely, with 150mm imaginable successful immoderate areas.

A brave kitesurfer took to the oversea arsenic Storm Bert’s winds deed the UK.

He was lifted precocious into the aerial successful Dornoch successful the Scottish Highlands implicit the choppy waters.

Winds person measured up to 70mph successful coastal areas, arsenic melting snowfall and dense rainfall origin flooding.

This meant the kitesurfer was capable to effort retired immoderate scary jumps implicit the waves arsenic the upwind pulled him along.

Shepherds Bush Station has been closed owed to flooding.

Transport for London said: ‘The presumption is presently closed owed to flooding.

‘Our exigency effect portion volition beryllium moving arsenic speedy arsenic they tin to get the presumption reopened.’

Rain covered London arsenic Storm Bert swept crossed the UK.

Seven yellowish upwind warnings are successful spot today, with 8 much tomorrow.

The Met Office has issued 8 upwind warnings for upwind and rainfall time arsenic Storm Bert sweeps crossed the UK.

Travel services person been disrupted and 3 radical person been killed arsenic the unsafe upwind has brought immoderate areas of the UK to a standstill.

Power outages person besides been reported successful London portion radical successful Wales person been warned of imaginable flooding successful their homes.

A antheral has died aft a clang connected the A45 successful Northamptonshire today.

The drivers of a metallic Toyota Corolla and a acheronian grey Hyundai i30 Active crashed into each different adjacent Flore astatine 8.45am.

The operator of the Toyota, a antheral successful his 40s, died astatine the scene.

The roadworthy is closed and it is not yet known if the decease was caused by Storm Bert.

There has been disruption to flights astatine Newcastle Airport due to the fact that of dense snowfall caused by Storm Bert.

Tim Harding, 53, and his wife, Chona, 58, were owed to alert astatine 9.15am with Dutch hose KLM to Amsterdam from Newcastle before flying with Delta airlines to Orlando, Florida, to conscionable their household successful the US for Thanksgiving.

Tim said: ‘Going to the airport… it was sleeting each the mode done past each of a abrupt it started coming down.

‘There were astir 4 oregon 5 snowfall ploughs connected the runway and they conscionable couldn’t wide it. It was windy and it was virtually coming down truly quick, truthful hard. In the abstraction of 2 hours, it went from thing to decimated.

‘The gritters were retired continuously, the ploughs were retired continuously, but it conscionable wasn’t having an interaction unfortunately.

‘I was amazed however rapidly it came down and however overmuch came down successful a two-hour period. I haven’t seen that for a agelong time.’

A antheral has died successful West Yorkshire aft a car crashed into a partition during the aboriginal hours of this morning.

Police attended to the incidental astatine conscionable earlier 1am this greeting successful Shipley.

A bluish Renault Captur, which had been travelling northeast towards Saltaire, collided with a wall.

West Yorkshire Police said: ‘The driver, a 34-year-old antheral from Bradford, was fixed exigency attraction but was pronounced dormant astatine the country a abbreviated clip later.’

The origin of the clang is unclear and constabulary did not corroborate if it is linked to Storm Bert.

Neighbours successful the country described proceeding a ‘loud crash’ and seeing a car that had ‘spun disconnected the road’.

There has been 64.4mm of rainfall recorded successful 1 country of Wales implicit the past 24 hours starring to flooding of areas.

Capel Curig successful Gwynedd had seen the astir rainfall since Storm Bert deed yesterday. 

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has issued a bid of flood warnings and alerts crossed the country, with respective bridges and roads closed.

Wales is expected to look up to 75mm of rain, with 150mm imaginable successful immoderate areas.

There person been gusts of 70mph successful immoderate coastal areas.

Three radical person been rescued from a car connected a flooded road.

It has happened successful the Isle of Man and the occurrence and rescue work said crews person been responded to respective flooding incidents passim the time due to the fact that of Storm Bert. 

It said 3 radical became trapped successful their conveyance aft flood h2o engulfed the road. 

It urged people: ‘Please bash not thrust done flood water, arsenic adjacent shallow h2o tin beryllium highly dangerous. Please bounds each non-essential travel.’

A 60-year-old antheral has died aft a histrion fell and crushed his car successful Hampshire.

It happened connected the A34 southbound carriageway betwixt Kings Worthy and Winnall, Hampshire, conscionable aft 7.45am. 

‘A operator of a achromatic Mercedes E350 – a antheral successful his 60s – was confirmed deceased astatine the scene. His household person been informed by our officers,’ Hampshire Police said. 

A metallic Skoda Kodiaq was besides damaged but cipher was injured. 

Lengthy lane closures are successful spot portion exigency services enactment astatine the scene.

It is unclear if the incidental was related to Storm Bert but the origin is nether investigation.

The Met Office has issued an amber weather informing for snow and ice in areas northbound of the cardinal loop of Scotland for Storm Bert. The informing is successful spot betwixt 7am and 5pm today.

The areas affected by the Amber informing are:

• Angus
• Perth & Kinross
• Stirling
• Aberdeenshire
• Highland
• Argyll & Bute

Yellow weather warnings for snowfall and crystal affecting each parts of Scotland are successful place.

There is simply a precocious hazard of disruption and question conditions whitethorn beryllium hazardous. Drivers are advised to see whether they request to question and see delaying journeys.

Superintendent Vinnie Fisher, lawman caput of Road Policing, said: ‘All roadworthy users should see if they truly request to question successful adverse weather.

‘When driving connected crystal and snow, support good backmost from the roadworthy idiosyncratic successful front. Stopping distances tin beryllium up to 10 times greater than connected adust roads.

‘Check your windscreen washer levels and guarantee your windows are wholly wide earlier driving. Failure to bash truthful tin effect successful a fine.

‘Listen to media broadcasts for updates, travel Transport Scotland and the Met Office connected societal media and stock accusation with others.’

A fig of Christmas lights switch-on events person been cancelled contiguous due to the fact that of Storm Bert.

The festive events person been scrapped crossed Hampshire and Dorset including Romsey, New Milton and Dorchester.

The southwest of England is expected to spot torrential rainfall and gusts of 40-60mph today.

Brewery Square, the organisers down Dorchester’s power on, said: ‘This determination wasn’t made lightly and we person been holding connected to hope, but we request to prioritise the information of our performers, suppliers and visitors.

‘With conditions similar this, it simply wouldn’t beryllium the magical evening we each envisioned!’

The Dorchester Christmas Market is inactive going ahead.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council said it was ‘incredibly disappointed’ to person to cancel the planned switch-on of the lights successful Christchurch.

‘Severe upwind conditions predicted for Saturday would marque hosting the lawsuit unsafe, but we look guardant to welcoming everyone backmost for an adjacent bigger and amended lawsuit adjacent year,’ said Simon McCormack, president of the town’s Christmas moving group.

Time is moving retired to banal up connected essentials because Storm Bert is presently battering the UK with snow, heavy rain and 70mph winds.

Yellow weather warnings are successful spot crossed occidental and bluish England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland from 4am connected Saturday to astatine slightest 9am connected Sunday.

There are adjacent amber alerts successful parts of Scotland owed to the expected severity of the 2nd named tempest of the season.

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A title shot crippled betwixt Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth has been cancelled due to the fact that of torrential rain.

Blackburn Rovers said Storm Bert had made the transportation astatine Ewood Park ‘unplayable’.

It said connected Facebook: ‘We volition denote details of the rearranged fixture successful owed course.’