Storm Eowyn: Met Office issues amber warning for ‘danger to life’ 90mph gales barrelling towards UK – check map of areas

THE Met Office has issued an amber informing for 'danger to life' with 90mph gales barrelling towards UK.

There are presently nary warnings successful unit connected January 23 but arsenic soon arsenic January 24 rolls astir the full of the UK is littered with upwind warnings.

Storm Eowyn is acceptable to bring "very beardown winds" and "disruption" connected Friday which could spot tiles blown from roofs and power cuts crossed astir of the country.

London, Oxford, Peterborough, and Norwich conscionable managed to debar a upwind warning, but the remainder of the UK has been told to hole for turbulent upwind from midnight connected Friday.

From Plymouth to Inverness, transport services could beryllium impacted with extended delays and agelong cancellations expected.

This is owed to potential disruption to road, rail, airports and ferry services.

The Met Office said: "Injuries and information to beingness could hap from flying debris, arsenic good arsenic ample waves and formation worldly being thrown onto oversea fronts, coastal roads and properties."

Storm Éowyn is expected to walk adjacent to oregon crossed the northwest of the UK connected Friday earlier moving to the northeast connected Saturday. 

The Met Office said determination is immoderate uncertainty successful the way of the tempest but tin corroborate determination volition beryllium be almighty gales.

"A spell of precise beardown winds is likely, initially southeasterly earlier turning westerly, with highest gusts of 50-60 mph inland, 60-70 mph astir immoderate coasts and hills," the forecaster added.

"Perhaps up to 80 mph successful exposed parts of occidental Scotland."

As good arsenic a windy extremity to the week, Brits are told to expect 15-25mm of rainfall successful astir areas, and 40-60mm implicit precocious ground.

Those connected the coast, particularly successful the north, person been warned to support an connected ample waves.

Even connected the enactment breaking waves tin beryllium almighty and expanse beachgoers disconnected their feet.

Similarly, hikers person been told to cognize their way good and support dogs connected leads.

From Friday, precocious interaction warnings person been issued for Northern Ireland, confederate Scotland, bluish England, and northbound and westbound Wales.

The dense upwind and rainfall successful Storm Eowyn volition beryllium caused by debased unit implicit the Atlantic interacting with a pitchy stream.

This causes a phenomenon, besides known arsenic a "weather bomb" which are almighty gales that tin origin structural damage.

Much of this utmost upwind volition settee down by Friday evening astatine 9pm, peculiarly successful the south.

On Saturday, arsenic Storm Eowyn moves onwards, upwind warnings driblet disconnected successful the southbound but stay steadfast up northbound until astir 3pm.

Regions southbound of Newcastle, including Northern Ireland, are successful the wide and are near without the hazard of beardown winds.

Storm Éowyn volition nevertheless proceed to batter Central, Tayside & Fife, Grampian, Highlands & Eilean Siar, North East England, North West England, Orkney & Shetland, and SW Scotland, Lothian Borders.

The Met Office said: "As Storm Éowyn weakens and clears to the northeast of the UK, Saturday volition stay a breezy time everyplace with beardown winds persisting successful the north.

"It volition beryllium drier for many, with showers replacing persistent dense rain.

"However, aboriginal Sunday, different country of debased unit could bring further bedewed and precise windy upwind crossed the UK."

Storm Eowyn is the 5th named tempest of the play aft Storm Darragh which caused nationwide disruption and aggregate fatalities.