The Met Office has put a yellow weather warning in place for much of the North West today, including Blackburn and Lancashire.
The weather warning in place is a result of Storm Corrie, which could create disruption from 3pm on Sunday, January 30 to 12pm on Monday January 31.
The winds on Sunday and Monday are expected to reach a peak of between 50-60mph.
High winds could cause some travel disruption and damage across the whole of the UK, including power cuts and travel delays and cancellations.
The Met Office said: “Storm Corrie will bring a spell of very windy weather later today and during Monday morning, particularly across northern parts of the UK.
“Damaging winds are likely to lead to travel disruption in places.”
Strong winds have already caused damage and disruption due to Storm Malik on Saturday.
Around 80,000 customers have been affected by power cuts and up to 16,000 customers are still without power, a day after the devastation of Storm Malik saw strong winds batter parts of the UK and two people were killed by falling trees.
What to expect from the yellow warning and Storm Corrie
- Road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected, with longer journey times and cancellations possible and some roads and bridges may close
- Power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage
- Injuries and danger to life could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto susceptible sea fronts, coastal roads and properties
- Injuries and danger to life could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties
- Some damage to buildings and trees, such as tiles blown from roofs, could happen
- Injuries and danger to life from flying debris are possible
Remaining fine in most of England and Wales this afternoon with lots of #sunshine, especially in the south and east 🌤️
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 30, 2022
Turning increasingly wet and #windy in Northern Ireland and western Scotland as #StormCorrie approaches, with severe coastal #gales developing in the west ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/Gc75qDZ7E3
Where is the weather warning in place?
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Halton
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Warrington
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