Storm Claudio news – live: Met Office issues new weather warning as trains cancelled

Winds of up to 70mph hit England’s southern coast

UK weather: The latest Met Office forecast

The Met Office has issued a new weather warning as Storm Claudio continues to batter the UK with strong winds and rain.

While southern England has been the worst-hit so far, northern England has now been given a yellow weather warning for wind for most of tomorrow. Areas of Wales are also covered.

Meanwhile, Northern Ireland and southern parts of Scotland have now been hit with a rain warning on Wednesday..

Storm Claudio has already brought 70mph winds to southern England. and caused disruption to the rails, with trains cancelled or services facing delays this morning.

It is expected to move eastward to bring heavy showers across southern and central England throughout the day.

Human-induced global heating is making extreme weather events including rainfall during storms more intense, meaning the storms can cause more damage.

The new storm comes after the UK experienced above-average temperatures as October drew to a close.

Key Points

• Met Office issues weather warning for Wednesday
• ‘Strong winds’ tomorrow for much of UK
• Storm Claudio causes travel chaos on the rails
• Storm Claudio brings 70mph gusts and heavy rain

[1 November 2022 04:00 · Stuti Mishra]

Storm Claudio moves towards Plymouth

Storm Claudio moved toward Plymouth early morning today bringing significant gusts to the south coast, according to a local weather agency.

Parts of the South West have already experienced heavy rain and wind overnight.

Severe weather warnings are in place that cover most of Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Bristol, Somerset and Gloucestershire along with large swathes of England and Wales.

[1 November 2022 03:45 · Sam Rkaina]

Met Office issues weather warning for rain and wind across UK

Storm Claudio which has been named by Météo-France, has given southern Britain a glancing blow through the night and into the morning.

While the highest winds were expected in northern France through the night, much of the southern coast of England saw gusts of around 60mph, with a few isolated coastal areas seeing stronger winds.

A yellow warning was issued for wind, which is valid until 8am on Tuesday morning. In addition to the high winds in the south in the early hours of the morning, it’ll be a fairly wet night for much of England and Wales, as the rain continues a gradual move to the northeast through the night.

After Storm Claudio moved eastwards early on Tuesday, what’s left behind was a showery day for much of the UK, with Wales and areas in southern and central England likely to see the most frequent of showers.

[1 November 2022 03:30 · Sam Rkaina]

Good morning

Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the Storm Claudio weather warning which has brought heavy rain and wind through the night.

We bring you the latest on disruption across the UK following the stormy weather.