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A man has died after a tree smashed into a van as Storm Darragh chaos has continued to wreak havoc across the nation. The man - said to be in his 40s - was driving along a dual carriageway when the tree struck his car.As a result, an investigation has been launched into the incident, Lancashire Police has said. Emergency services were contacted earlier this morning following the horrific crash, […]

Watch the crazy moment a GB News viewer is swept up by extreme winds in Guernsey as she reports from the coast.Joining Nana Akua on the People’s Channel was Jess Mauger, who decided to give fellow GB News fans a taste of what people in Guernsey are experiencing as Storm Darragh grips parts of Britain.She warned the “worst” conditions were expected at 7pm, adding the winds are “really battering the […]

A rare red weather warning has been issued for parts of Wales and South West England as Storm Darragh batters the UK with life-threatening conditions.Wind speeds of up to 92mph were recorded in North Wales overnight, prompting the Government to issue an emergency risk to life alert this morning.The severe weather warning remains in place from 3am until 11pm today.A separate amber warning covers most of the UK's west coast […]

Britain’s battle-zone winter will keep the Arctic and Atlantic fixed in a brutal deadlock spawning bitter gales, snow and a barrage of vicious storms.Storm Darragh will deliver the latest blow in a bizarre and unpredictable pattern of freezing northerly plunges followed by wet and windy autumnal assaults.Behind the weirdly erratic weather are powerful regions of high and low pressure wrestling astride an unusually fierce jet stream.A rapidly strengthening low-pressure cyclone […]

Drivers are being urged to remain safe in the coming days as Storm Darragh batters the UK with strong winds and rain, as experts call on motorists to avoid travelling if possible.So far, the Met Office has issued seven yellow weather warnings, three amber warnings and one unprecedented red warning for Saturday, December 7.A further six yellow warnings have been issued for today (Friday, December 6) and three wind warnings […]

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 […]