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Britain will suffer for at least three more days heavy showers and strong windslike new time a front called Storm Herminie hit the UK almost immediately after Storm Eowyn caused widespread damage and disruption.
Cornwall was lashed by thunderstorms and winds of up to 82mph on Sunday morning as Herminia came down from the south-west and was named by Spanish meteorologists.
The The Met Office has now betrayed the multitude Weather warnings for wind and rain continue until Tuesdayas the UK experiences an unsettled start to the week.
With up to 80mm of rain now expected in some areas, the Environment Agency had issued 167 flood warnings and 27 flash warnings for locations which could be flooded in England. Natural Resources Wales issued 11 flood warnings and the Scottish Environment Agency issued two flood warnings.
Challenging conditions will complicate clean-up efforts after Storm Eowyn – described by the Met Office as possibly the most powerful weather system to hit the UK in at least 10 years – uprooted trees, damaged buildings and rail infrastructure and left more than a million people without power.
After hurricane-force winds reached 100mph on Friday, the Northern Ireland Electricity Network said on Sunday morning that more than 100,000 of its customers lost power, along with another 14,000 SP Energy Networks customers Scotland it also continues to face power outages.
After an emergency Cobra meeting held by ministers from across the UK, extra engineers were sent from England to Northern Ireland and Scotland to help restore power, after warnings it could take 10 days to fix all the outages.
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill described Storm Eowyn and its impact as “unprecedented at all levels”, as she visited NIE Networks in Craigavon to thank the workers for their tireless efforts to restore power to people’s homes and businesses.
A second man was reportedly killed after his car was hit by a falling tree. Police Scotland said the 19-year-old died in hospital a day after the crash at 6.45am on Friday in East Ayrshire. Kacper Dudek, 20, was named as the first victim of the storm in Ireland’s County Donegal.
Scottish First Minister John Swinney said: “This is tragic and heartbreaking news. Our thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of the man who died.”
Many rail passengers in Scotland were still unable to travel on Sunday morning, with the last trains on many routes running on Thursday, before around 400 reports of power outages and debris – including fallen trees, roofs and trampolines – buried tracks and damaged infrastructure across the network .
Ben Lukey, flood protection manager at the Environment Agency, said: “Spells of heavy rain mean surface water and river flooding is possible in parts of England on Sunday overnight into Monday. Although not expected, impacts could include localized flooding from watercourses, drains, canals and overland flooding.”
As Hermini made landfall on Sunday, the BBC quoted National Grid as saying more than 4,500 properties in Devon and Cornwall suffered power cuts, while flooding also blocked the railway line between Paro and Newquay.
Although the severe weather is expected to finally ease on Wednesday, Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: “It will also be wet and windy over the next few days, particularly in southern parts of the UK.
“Across most of the UK we will have very wet and at times very windy weather today and Monday.
“But from Tuesday onwards, I expect it to remain generally quite changeable, but with occasional showers and quite windy, but not as disruptive as it has been – I think overall, probably warnings are less likely from Tuesday onwards.
“We could certainly see some very strong winds in the south-east of the UK tonight and we could also see very strong winds across Cornwall and Devon tomorrow.”