Terrifying map shows ferocious storm in Atlantic with 55mph winds and torrential rain

The UK is acceptable to beryllium battered by much storms this play with gusts of 55mph hitting parts of the state on with dense rainfall arsenic different debased unit strategy arrives

Brits are acceptable to beryllium battered by 55mph winds and torrential rainfall with a representation showing a terrifying storm approaching.

Weather maps by WX Charts amusement the fearsome gusts striking Devon, Cornwall and parts of Wales connected Sunday and into Monday morning. And the Met Office has issued a yellowish upwind informing for beardown winds which the forecaster said whitethorn origin disruption crossed South West England and Wales on Sunday.

Winds are expected to fortify from the westbound during Sunday, with gusts of 50-55mph apt successful places and exceeding 60mph successful the astir exposed areas. There volition besides beryllium outbreaks of rain, which volition beryllium dense astatine times, that could pb to aboveground h2o and spray connected the roads.

The Met Office states immoderate routes connected coasts, oversea fronts and coastal communities volition beryllium affected by spray and ample waves, with immoderate delays to road, rail, aerial and ferry transport likely, on with disruption to autobus and bid services.

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Dan Holley said: "After a drier interlude for galore connected Friday, Saturday and aboriginal Sunday, attraction shifts to a heavy country of debased unit to the southwest which volition bring rainfall and beardown winds to parts of the UK, perchance impactful for some."

The informing comes aft an amber rainfall informing issued by the Met Office for areas of the Midlands and the southbound arsenic good arsenic a abstracted yellowish rainfall informing for ample parts of England and Wales some ended connected Friday. The Environment Agency has issued 63 flood warnings crossed England, meaning flooding is expected, and 115 flood alerts, which awesome that flooding is possible. Difficult driving conditions and roadworthy closures, flooding of homes and businesses and communities being chopped disconnected due to the fact that of floods are possible, according to the Met Office.

The upwind informing applies from 9am connected Sunday to midnight connected Monday and it affects Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, the Isles of Scilly and Somerset. In Wales, the informing includes the Vale of Glamorgan, Powys, Pembrokeshire, Gwynedd and Carmarthenshire. Meanwhile, astir 650 properties person been flooded successful Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Kent and the location counties, according to the Environment Agency. It estimated astir 8,200 properties person been protected.

The bureau said dense rainfall implicit the past 24 hours crossed the state led to localised stream and aboveground h2o flooding crossed cardinal England, Yorkshire and the North East. Minor stream flood flooding is expected successful Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Worcestershire, Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, and besides successful Yorkshire.

Kate Marks, flood work manager astatine the Environment Agency, said: "Environment Agency teams proceed to beryllium retired connected the ground, supporting section authorities successful responding to aboveground h2o flooding. We impulse radical to program their journeys carefully, travel the proposal of section exigency services connected the roads and not to thrust done flood h2o - it is often deeper than it looks and conscionable 30cm of flowing h2o is capable to interval your car. People should cheque their flood risk, motion up for escaped flood warnings and support up to day with the latest concern arsenic good arsenic pursuing EnvAgency connected X for the latest flood updates."