{"id":75824,"date":"2022-02-18T14:29:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75824"},"modified":"2022-02-18T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:29:39","slug":"millions-told-to-stay-home-as-storm-eunice-hits-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=75824","title":{"rendered":"Millions told to stay home as Storm Eunice hits UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> Rare red weather warnings – meaning there is a danger to life from flying debris – have been issued by the Met Office covering much of southern and eastern England, and south Wales.<\/p>\n

Gusts of up to 79mph (127km\/h) have been recorded in the Isle of Wight.<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of schools are closed and travel networks are experiencing cancellations and major disruption.<\/p>\n

Power cuts have left about thousands of properties in Cornwall and Wales without power.<\/p>\n

Forecasters warn Eunice could bring wind gusts of up to 90mph on Friday, causing significant disruption and power cuts.<\/p>\n

Eunice is the second storm in a week for the UK after Storm Dudley battered parts of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland, leaving thousands of homes without power.<\/p>\n

The Met Office has issued several weather warnings across the UK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

*A red warning for wind – the highest level of alert – along the coastline of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset and south Wales from 07:00 GMT until 12:00 on Friday with gusts of up to 90mph<\/p>\n

*A further red warning for wind has been issued for London, south-east England and parts of east England from 10:00 until 15:00<\/p>\n

*An amber warning for wind covering all of England south of Manchester and Wales until 21:00 with gusts of up to 80mph<\/p>\n

*A yellow warning for snow for much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England from 03:00 until 18:00<\/p>\n

*A yellow warning for wind in the Midlands, north-east England, north-west England, parts of Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland from 07:00 and 18:00 with gusts of up to 70mph<\/p>\n

*A yellow warning for wind covering London, south-east England, south-west England, Wales and parts of the West Midlands from 06:00 to 18:00 on Saturday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: Rare red weather warnings – meaning there is a danger to life from flying debris – have been issued by the Met Office covering much of southern and eastern England, and south Wales. Gusts of up to 79mph (127km\/h) have been recorded in the Isle of Wight. Hundreds of schools are closed and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":75825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n