{"id":8219,"date":"2024-09-28T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T15:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/?p=8219"},"modified":"2024-09-28T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T15:21:17","slug":"weather-winds-flooding-to-hit-uk-disruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/weather-winds-flooding-to-hit-uk-disruptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather: Winds of Up to 60mph Set to Hit UK, Bringing Travel Disruptions Amid Recent Flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK is preparing for <strong>winds reaching up to 60mph (96.56 km\/h)<\/strong>, with significant travel disruption expected, just days after heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding. The Met Office has issued a <strong>yellow rain <a href=\"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/?s=warning\">warning<\/a><\/strong> for much of <strong>southern England and South Wales<\/strong>, effective from 4pm Sunday to 9am Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The warning indicates that <strong>heavy rain could lead to further flooding and travel delays<\/strong>. While <strong>London<\/strong> narrowly avoids the official warning, the city is still forecast to experience <strong>heavy rain on Monday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the warning areas, <strong>20-30 mm of rain<\/strong> may fall within 9\u201312 hours, with <strong>50-80 mm<\/strong> possible in higher regions. <strong>Becky Mitchell<\/strong>, a meteorologist from the Met Office, noted that the recent weather has already left <strong>rivers swollen and the ground saturated<\/strong>, increasing the risk of flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the <strong>Environment Agency<\/strong> has issued <strong>48 flood warnings<\/strong> and <strong>90 flood alerts<\/strong> across England, signalling widespread risk of flooding.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cloudier in the far northwest this afternoon with showery rain \u2614<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine and showers in Northern Ireland and northwest England \ud83c\udf26\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, largely dry with sunny spells and lighter winds \ud83c\udf24\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1twd7DnzsV\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1twd7DnzsV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Met Office (@metoffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metoffice\/status\/1839976158672109890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Winds Warning and More Flooding Threats<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>yellow wind warning<\/strong> is also in place for <strong>south-west England and Wales<\/strong> from 9am on Sunday, with <strong>gusts between 50-60mph<\/strong> expected. The Met Office warns of <strong>large waves, falling trees, travel disruptions, and power outages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There could be additional warnings issued for Monday, but the weather is expected to improve later in the week. <strong>Temperatures will remain below average<\/strong> this weekend, with the UK experiencing <strong>3-4 \u00b0C cooler conditions<\/strong> than usual and even frost in some regions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Recent Flooding and Travel Disruptions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Earlier this week, <strong>heavy rainfall<\/strong> across England caused significant flooding, with some areas receiving over <strong>250% of their average September rainfall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Around <strong>650 properties<\/strong> were flooded in <strong>Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire<\/strong>, and surrounding areas. However, <strong>8,200 properties<\/strong> were reportedly protected from flooding, according to the Environment Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding has also disrupted <strong>rail services<\/strong>, with the line between <strong>Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton<\/strong> cancelled due to flooding and fallen trees.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Marston Vale line<\/strong> in <strong>Bedfordshire<\/strong>, operating between <strong>Bedford and Bletchley<\/strong>, remains <strong>suspended until Monday<\/strong> due to standing water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Warnings of winds between 50-60mph and the risk of fallen trees, large waves, and power outages have been issued for south-west England and Wales.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8219"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8229,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8219\/revisions\/8229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}