Wind warning as parts of UK brace for Storm Ashley

Power cuts, ample waves and question disruption are expected successful Cumbria arsenic parts of the UK are braced for Storm Ashley.

The Met Office has issued a yellow upwind informing for Sunday for upwind crossed Cumbria and an amber amber precocious upwind informing for immoderate occidental areas successful Scotland.

The yellowish informing for precocious winds gusting up to 60mph (97km/h), affecting each of Cumbria, starts from 03:00 BST connected Sunday until astir midnight.

Meteorologists said Storm Ashley, the archetypal named tempest of the season, would spot a accelerated driblet of unit arsenic it moves successful from the Atlantic - a improvement called a "weather bomb".

The beardown winds, combined with precocious tides, could pb to unsafe conditions, including imaginable delays oregon cancellations to travel.

The Met Office is informing of imaginable powerfulness cuts, insignificant harm to buildings and ample coastal waves bringing debris onto coastal roads and properties.

The informing is for upwind gusts of 50-60mph (80-97km/h) inland and 60-70mph (97-113km/h) connected coasts and hills.

Electricity North West said it would "monitor the web and guarantee supplies and teams are disposable to respond if the tempest causes harm to overhead lines".

Richard Moulton, incidental manager for Electricity North West, said: "The forecast is for highly beardown winds crossed Cumbria and surrounding areas."

"Our section teams are connected standby and acceptable to respond rapidly to enactment our customers," helium added.

Meanwhile, obstruction relation Northern urged customers to check their travel earlier travelling successful the North West connected Sunday.

It said unit shortages and Storm Ashley would impact travel.