Exact time Storm Herminia set to batter UK with 80mph winds just hours after Eowyn chaos
Exact time Storm Herminia set to batter UK with 80mph winds just hours after Eowyn chaos
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Storm Herminia is set to batter the UK with heavy winds just 48 hours after Storm Eowyn blasted parts of Britain with record-breaking gusts of 100mph. As parts of the country were still reeling from Storm Eowyn, Sunday morning saw a new weather front arrive in Cornwall.
More than 18 flood warnings are currently in place across the South West with 123 flood alerts also issued by the Environment Agency. Parts of the region saw winds of up to 82mph on Sunday morning, recorded Predannack, south Cornwall. The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for swathes of the country warning that heavy rain and winds pose a "danger to life". Power cuts have been reported in the south-west of England, with thousands of homes and businesses affected.
Flooding and downed trees in the area have also led to disruption as residents are urged to stay away from the coast due to massive storm waves. The storm, named by the Spanish weather service where it first hit, has triggered three yellow weather warnings for wind and rain covering much of England and Wales until late tonight or tomorrow morning and a fourth for wind covering Northern Ireland due to end at 7pm.
Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: "It's also going to be wet and windy over the next few days in southern parts of the UK in particular. "In most parts of the UK we're going to have some very wet and at times also very windy weather over today and Monday.
