Storm Ashley latest: Rail and flight delays continue due to 80mph winds as UK put on high alert for flooding
Met Office weather warning also remains in force on Monday morning after Scotland pummelled with 111mph gusts
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Your support makes all the difference.Storm Ashley has battered parts of the country with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain as more flights and trains are cancelled.
As the storm passed over the Scottish Highlands on Sunday night, average wind speeds hit 85mph with gusts of at least 111mph provisionally recorded at the summit of Cairn Gorm.
Speed restrictions are in place on rail lines across Scotland due to the high winds, while flights continued to be impacted at Aberdeen Airport this morning. At least four have been cancelled, including one bound for London Heathrow Airport.
In England, National Rail said Northern services between Bolton and Blackburn were being blocked by a tree on the line this morning.
The Environment Agency had 45 flood warnings, where flooding is expected, in place across England on Monday, including along the south Cornwall coast and large parts of the River Severn, after the river burst its banks, submerging the town of Worcester, the previous day.
A further 96 places were kept on high alert overnight with possible flooding – while, in Scotland, the Scottish Environment Flood Agency had 47 flood warnings in place, with eight issued by Natural Resources Wales.
Storm Ashley mapped: Where and when are ‘danger to life’ weather warnings in force across UK?
Storm Ashley mapped: Where are weather warnings in force across the UK?
Met Office is warning of possible damage to homes, power cuts and disruption to travel by air, road, rail and ferry
In pictures: Swimming during Storm Ashley
Video: Town in western Ireland battered by Storm Ashley
Below, we have a video showing the extent of Storm Ashley in western Ireland on Sunday.
A person watches the waves at the Blackrock diving tower in Salthill, Galway
Flood warnings end across UK
Dozens of flood warnings announced by the Met Office after Storm Ashley hit the UK have now ended.
The Met Office has removed all its weather warnings for today.
Storm Ashley brings rail, road and air chaos as UK on high alert over flood warnings
Storm Ashley brings rail, road and air chaos as UK on high alert over flood warnings
First named storm of the season ‘likely’ to bring a threat of injuries and danger to life, Met Office says
Watch: Planes landing at Heathrow Airport face wrath of Storm Ashley’s 80mph winds
Watch: Planes landing at Heathrow Airport face wrath of Storm Ashley’s 80mph winds
Planes at Heathrow Airport have been seen getting blown around by the 80mph winds of Storm Ashley this morning (20 October). A number of flights from the like of BA and Virgin Atlantic were seen by Big Jet TV making their approach, sometimes sideways, before struggling to touch down in the bluster. Storm Ashley is “likely” to bring a threat of injuries and danger to life, the Met Office has said, with weather warnings issued across the UK. The storm is the first named storm of the year.
In pictures: People struggle with the winds of Storm Ashley
Storm Ashley mapped: Where and when are ‘danger to life’ weather warnings in force across UK?
Storm Ashley mapped: Where are weather warnings in force across the UK?
Met Office is warning of possible damage to homes, power cuts and disruption to travel by air, road, rail and ferry
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