Campers told 'pack up and go' as 69mph Storm Evert OBLITERATES tents and dumps three weeks' rain
STORM Evert has OBLITERATED campsites across the country - with owners now telling holidaymakers to “pack up and go home”.
The storm will move across parts of the UK, giving a "wet and windy start" to Friday for the southern and central regions, the Met Office said. Many Brits who had escaped to the country for a break had their tents battered and torn last night by heavy rain and wind. “We strongly recommend drivers check over their vehicles before setting out – ensuring roofboxes are firmly secured – and try to avoid exposed coastal and moorland routes where the impacts of the wind on driving will be the greatest.And in Sussex, the coastguard are searching for a man who has disappeared on the cliff edge at Beachy Head in 50mph winds and driving rain.
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