Rare red wind warning issued as Storm Darragh approaches UK

The Met Office has issued a uncommon reddish upwind informing for wind, arsenic Storm Darragh approaches.

The informing is successful spot from 03:00 to 11:00 GMT connected Saturday, covering occidental and confederate coastal regions of Wales arsenic good arsenic the Bristol Channel successful England.

Yellow upwind warnings are successful spot for swathes of the UK connected Friday, with amber warnings covering the westbound seashore of England and Wales, arsenic good arsenic Northern Ireland, connected Saturday morning.

Red upwind warnings are the astir superior benignant of warning. The Met Office lone issues them erstwhile meteorologists judge that dangerous, perchance life-threatening upwind is expected imminently.

The Met Office says areas nether the reddish informing are forecast upwind gusts of 90mph oregon more.

These beardown winds could pb to flying debris and falling trees, posing a information to life, it says.

The winds are besides expected to origin ample waves, powerfulness cuts affecting mobile telephone services, arsenic good arsenic harm to buildings and homes. Transport networks are besides anticipated to beryllium affected.

The Met Office says the strongest winds volition subside by precocious Saturday morning, but that it volition stay precise windy until the evening, with amber warnings remaining successful spot until then.

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