The fourth named storm of the season is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain on Friday afternoon and into the weekend
for “potentially damaging” winds along the west coast of the UK from South Ayrshire in Scotland down to Cornwall, as well as in Northern Ireland, on Saturday from 3am until 9pm.Rhondda Cynon Taf, where between 200 and 300 properties were flooded during Storm Bert last month, is set to experience heavy rain again.
Met Office meteorologist Dan Stroud said parts of Wales and Northern Ireland have “heightened sensitivity” to the risk of flooding due to recent heavy rainfall. A yellow weather warning for wind for all of the UK, except for central and northern Scotland, is also in effect from 3pm on Friday until 6am on Sunday.National Highways, which runs the UK’s motorways and busiest A-roads, has issued a severe weather alert for Saturday and has warned drivers in the South West and North West to get ready for gale force winds.
Storm Darragh is expected to cross Ireland late on Friday, then parts of England and Wales on Saturday, clearing to the east of England on Saturday night or early Sunday.
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