Met Office warns of strong winds in the aftermath of Storm Darragh – London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Storm Darragh has caused widespread disruption and strong winds will continue to hit large parts of the UK on Sunday.

The Met Office has said that gusts up to 70mph could lead to difficult driving conditions and there could be power cuts.

A new yellow weather warning is in place for all of England and Wales and is in place until 6pm on Sunday.

On Sunday the Environment Agency said there is 130 flood alerts in place for England and Natural Resources Wales issued 20 flood warnings.

Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said, “It’s not quite the calm after the storm, but it is calmer than yesterday, for sure.

“There are still some disruptive winds around because whilst the low that is Storm Darragh has now cleared away towards the south east, tightly-packed isobars across much of the country indicate we do still have some very windy weather to come through today.

“The strongest gusts will be through this morning around coastal parts, 60-70mph. Inland, 40-50[mph] seems quite likely.

“There will also be some wet weather around, particularly across central and eastern parts of England, some heavier outbreaks of rain for a time. Further west [there is] a greater chance of staying dry, and there will be some sunshine breaking through at times too.”