{"id":42860,"date":"2023-12-15T08:39:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pieroselvaggio.com\/?p=42860"},"modified":"2023-12-15T08:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:39:18","slug":"met-office-issues-36-hour-weather-warning-as-brits-face-power-cuts-and-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pieroselvaggio.com\/2023\/12\/15\/met-office-issues-36-hour-weather-warning-as-brits-face-power-cuts-and-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Office issues 36-hour weather warning as Brits face power cuts and floods"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Met Office has issued an urgent 36-hour weather warning for parts of Britain with a risk of power cuts and floods. A wall of rain is due to hit from Saturday afternoon, with a yellow weather alert in place from 6pm.<\/p>\n

The forecaster has warned this will continue until 11.59pm on Sunday, as hellish storms will be unleashed on north western Scotland.<\/p>\n

Traffic disruption is also to be expected as “spray and flooding\u00a0is likely” to lead to a number of road closures.<\/p>\n

The Met Office warning said “flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely” with “a small chance that some communities will become cut off by flooded roads”.<\/p>\n

Flooding could also cause delays, disruption and cancellations on public transport.<\/p>\n

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Met Office chief forecaster, Paul Gundersen said: “Later next week and the days running up to Christmas there are some suggestions that the jet stream will drift further south, allowing conditions to turn more widely unsettled.<\/p>\n

“There is also a chance of winds switching to more of a northwesterly direction, allowing conditions to become a little colder, with a risk of some wintry showers developing in the north.<\/p>\n

“At this stage there is very little sign of any widespread or severe cold and wintry weather.\u201d<\/p>\n

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