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Millions of Britons are set to receive an emergency alert on their mobile phones ahead of damaging winds, disruption and Met Office weather warnings across the country.The Cabinet Office will issue an Emergency Alert at 6.45pm on Friday, December 6 to people in areas covered by the red warning in parts of Wales and the South West.A statement from the Cabinet Office said that Britons' mobile phones will make a […]

The Met Office has issued an extremely rare red wind alert for parts of the UK, warning of "danger to life" as gales as strong as 90mph are set to batter the UK.The weather office has said that a "period of extremely strong winds" will develop as the weekend begins and Storm Darragh hits the country. The alert comes into effect at 3am on Saturday morning and lasting until 11am.The […]

Britons should prepare themselves for a washout weekend, with 70mm of rain expected to lash large parts of the nation.Three separate rain and wind alerts have been issued by the Met Office over the next four days, with one warning spanning almost the entirety of England and Wales and lasting for over 36 hours.The downpours are expected to be at their heaviest on Friday night and into Saturday morning, with […]

California was rocked by a magnitude 7 earthquake off the US state's coast, sparking fears of a tsunami.A wide-ranging warning was issued ahead of the wave's landfall - with around five million people living in the areas affected.The earlier quake, which hit at a shallow depth of 10 km, was centred about 39 miles west of the town of Ferndale in northern California, the US Geological Survey said.The National Tsunami […]

A freak late-season ‘tropical storm’ will lock horns with Polar winds crippling America to unleash a torrential deluge.As swaths of the United States battle near-historic snowfall, a plume of warm air will barge in from the Gulf of Mexico.Temperatures across southern states will nudge unseasonable highs as the region gets a ‘taste of summer’.But where warm air ploughs into a freezing blast, all hell will break loose with torrential electrical […]

Storm Darragh is set to batter Britain this weekend with an amber danger to life warning issued by the Met Office.Forecasters said a period of very strong northerly or northwesterly winds is likely to develop during Saturday as the storm moves from west to east.A Met Office spokesperson said: "Gusts of 70 to 80 mph are likely around exposed coasts and headlands, where some very large waves are likely, whilst […]

A powerful ‘clipper’ storm loaded with a ‘direct Arctic discharge’ will plough snow-hit America threatening a ‘life-threatening emergency’.As the winter blanket piles feet deep across eastern states, warnings are in force for another polar deluge.Frenzied ‘snow squalls’ threaten travel mayhem as the United States is hit by one of its worst early season snowstorms.A freezing plume sweeping from the North Pole will thrust temperatures 20 degrees below average for the […]

The Met Office has issued a series of yellow rain and wind warnings across much of the UK, with the possibility of hurricane force winds set to hit Britain in a matter of days.Wind gusts could be as high as 80mph, with the requirement for hurricane force gales at 74mph."Strong winds and heavy rain potentially leading to some disruption," the Met Office warned.More to follow...The Met Office has issued a […]

A bitter Arctic blast is about to give way to another possible named storm as Britain’s topsy-turvy weather takes another U-turn.Temperatures of 15C or higher at the weekend have been trounced by icy gusts pouring in from the North Pole.But, in keeping with autumn so far, the cold snap will be short-lived with sleet and snow displaced by a stormy blast from the Atlantic.This year’s trademark tussle between high and […]