An area of low pressure – named Storm Hannah by Met Éireann, the Irish Met Service – will bring strong winds and heavy rain to parts of Britain and Ireland during Friday and Saturday. The Met Office have issued a yellow National Severe Weather Warning for strong winds across Wales and southern England and a yellow warning for heavy rain in Northern Ireland. This afternoon (Friday 26th) Met Éireann issued a red wind alert – the highest category of alerts in the Irish warning system – due to wind gusts expected to reach 80 to 90mph in parts of southwest Ireland on Friday evening. Will … Continue reading BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES UK weather forecast – Storm Hannah to smash Britain IN HOURS as Brits braced for 75mph gales and 26ft ‘monster waves’