Storm Darragh has been named and is expected to hit the UK on Friday
The Met Office has issued two amber weather warnings for wind ahead of storm Darragh which is expected to hit the UK from Friday .
Areas impacted by the amber weather warning includes North West England, northern Ireland, Scotland, South West England and Wales.Met Office chief forecaster, Jason Kelly said: “Storm Darragh is an evolving system and will bring several hazards, including wind gusts of up to 70-80mph around western coasts, especially from Devon and Cornwall to southwest Scotland and Northern Ireland.
He added: “Today we will see bouts of heavy rain and squally winds moving eastwards across the UK with the bulk of the rain moving away from the UK by late evening.
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