- UK braces for Storm Ciarán.
- Flood alerts and warnings.
- Saturated ground, weekend floods.
In the days to come, parts of the United Kingdom are expected to experience severe precipitation and flooding due to the approach of Storm Ciarán.
Flood Alerts and Warnings
Flood alerts have been issued in certain regions of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Northern Ireland also under amber rain warnings.
Storm Ciarán’s Impact
When it arrives on Thursday, Ciarán is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall to southern England and Wales.
Recent Flooding Incidents
This follows flooding that affected various regions of the United Kingdom over the weekend.
Due to the persistently wet weather, forecasters caution that saturated ground conditions will increase the risk of inundation.
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At 21:00 GMT on Monday, portions of the counties of Antrim, Down, and Armagh will be under amber rain warnings issued by the Met Office for Northern Ireland, indicating a significant risk of flooding and disruption.
The Environment Agency has issued a cautionary advisory regarding coastal promenades and pathways.
Additionally, the agency warns against driving through floodwaters, stating that 30 centimetres (12 inches) of moving water is enough to move a vehicle.
“At the start of Thursday morning, squally conditions are expected across southern England and the Channel Islands, bringing wind gusts of up to 80 mph, and up to 90 mph in the most exposed areas.” Heavy precipitation will then move from the north to the east throughout the day.
Chris Almond, Met Office deputy chief meteorologist, warned “winds could gust as high as 50 or 60 mph further inland.”
He predicted that a deep, low-pressure system would “bring heavy rain to much of the UK, with the heaviest rain expected in southern and western areas, with 20 to 25mm quite widely across the region but potentially up to 40 to 60mm over higher ground.
Tuesday will start stormy but calm down before Wednesday night and Thursday’s severe winds and lengthy rainstorms.
A weekend flood of “several feet of water” in a County Durham community forced residents to evacuate and destroyed businesses.
A retail centre in Hastings, East Sussex, had to be evacuated after floodwaters breached one of its entrances.
A caravan park in Bognor Regis was submerged in water on Sunday. Residents called the town’s Tesco supermarket parking lot a “tornado” when powerful winds washed away a house’s roof.
Damage was discovered along a 30m (98.4ft) section of the River Witham in the aftermath of Storm Babet; as a result, occupants of approximately 80 dwellings in the Lincolnshire village of Fiskerton have been warned that they may be forced to endure permanent inundation.
National Farmers Union deputy president Tom Bradshaw said Storm Babet’s rainfall flooded hundreds of acres of farmland.
He called the Midlands and northern England’s harvest “devastatingly” damp, with many expecting it to rot underwater next year.
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