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Storm Jocelyn to bring 80mph winds after Isha wreaks havoc across UK

2024-01-23 00:00:00.0 独立报-英国新闻原网页

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The British Isles are bracing for a new storm with wind speeds of up to 80mph, with many areas still reeling from Storm Isha’s trail of destruction.

Tens of thousands were left without power and rail, and air services were heavily disrupted, as the UK and Ireland was hit by gales of up to 107mph from Storm Isha from Sunday evening.

Four people were killed on the roads including two by fallen trees: an 84-year-old man in Fife, Scotland, and a man in his sixties in Limavady, Northern Ireland. Two others, a woman in her twenties and a man, were killed in Ireland.

The strong winds caused trees to come down in many areas. This was the scene in Linlithgow, West Lothian

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The strong winds caused trees to come down in many areas. This was the scene in Linlithgow, West Lothian

(Reuters)

But as the weather started to calm on Monday, people living in many parts of the UK were warned by the Met Office of the newly named Storm Jocelyn, which is set to hit on Tuesday morning, bringing with it strong winds and rain.

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An amber “danger-to-life” weather warning will be in place for northwest and northern Scotland from 6pm on Tuesday until 8am on Wednesday. Yellow weather warnings for wind and rain cover the Midlands and the north of the UK from Tuesday morning.

It will come only hours after Storm Isha caused significant travel disruption and left tens of thousands of homes without power. Power outages affected about 53,000 houses at the height of the storm in Northern Ireland.

A fallen tree lies at a bus stop, during Storm Isha, in Linlithgow, Scotland

(Reuters)

Around 30,000 properties were without power across England, Wales and Scotland on Monday morning, according to the Energy Networks Association, which represents energy providers.

Energy provider Ireland ESB said 155,000 homes and businesses remained without power by lunchtime on Monday, down from 230,000 at its peak, with the worst-hit areas in the northwest of the country.

Fallen trees affected transport, with Traffic Scotland reporting stretches of the M9 and M74 among the roads closed, while the A1 southbound was blocked at Thorntonloch because of an overturned lorry.

A Met Office map shows where warnings are in place

(Met Office)

And there could be more disruption on the way as a new weather system, which has been named Storm Jocelyn by Met Eireann, Ireland’s meteorological office, makes landfall on Tuesday. It will be the 10th named storm to hit the UK since September.

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