New weather warnings have been issued – including a possible danger to life in some coastal areas – after Storm Kathleen brought disruption to parts of the UK and Ireland.
Planes struggled to land at some airports on Saturday, with flights cancelled and tens of thousands of people left without power as the storm brought winds of more than 70mph.
Now the Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for Monday and Tuesday as a second low pressure system moves in.
This has been named by French meteorological services as Storm Pierrick. The north of France will see the worst of the impacts but strong winds of up to 60mph will be felt around Wales and the southern coast of England.
The Met Office warnings include:
• A yellow warning for wind covering northwestern parts of the Highlands, in place until midnight on Sunday
• A yellow warning for wind covering the southwest of England, in place from 6pm on Monday to 6am on Tuesday
• A yellow warning for wind covering swathes of the south and western coast of England and Wales, in place from 1am on Tuesday to 3pm
• A yellow warning for rain covering southern, central and eastern parts of Scotland from 1am on Tuesday to 6pm
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The weather warning in place for Monday. Pic: Met Office
Weather warnings issued for Tuesday. Pic: Met Office
The gusts in the southwest of England bring “a small chance that injuries or danger to life” could result from waves and debris, the Met Office said.
It also cautioned of the chance of power cuts and travel disruption.
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Meanwhile, there are 226 flood alerts and warnings in place across England, Scotland and Wales.
Flooding is expected around Salisbury down south towards Bournemouth, as well as in Dumfries and Galloway, in the Western Isles, and Orkney.
On Saturday evening, a girl was rescued from the sea off Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in Ireland.
The rescue operation was mounted after she was swept out to sea from the east pier of Dun Laoghaire Harbour at around 8.20pm and she was later taken to hospital for non life-threatening injuries.
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