Met Office issues fresh wind warnings as Storm Boelo recovery continues

The Met Office issued fresh yellow wind warnings on Monday, 26 October, for parts of the UK as power restoration continued after Storm Boelo. Another Atlantic weather system is forecast to bring strong winds and rain into Tuesday, threatening further disruption during the recovery.

Where the new wind warnings apply

A warning from 6pm Monday to 3am Tuesday covers parts of north-west and south-west England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Strathclyde and south-west Scotland, according to a PA Wire report published by The Standard. It forecasts gusts of 45–50 mph inland and 60–65 mph on exposed coasts and high ground, with heavy rain at times. A further warning runs from 3am Tuesday to midnight for Scotland, the far north of England and far north-east Northern Ireland.

In Ireland, PA Wire reported via RTÉ that a Status Yellow wind warning covered Carlow, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Mayo, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow from 5pm to midnight Monday. A separate warning covered Antrim and Down from 6pm to 3am Tuesday. Met Éireann said strong winds could make driving and cycling difficult, bring down trees and branches, and generate large coastal waves.

Power restoration after Storm Boelo

Boelo brought gusts of up to 84 mph and a third of a month's rain to pockets of Scotland, the PA Wire report said. The Energy Networks Association said power cuts affected 838,700 properties during Boelo and Austen; 39,000 customers were still without power at 8am Monday. The Scottish Government Resilience Room met that day to discuss Boelo's effects on communities.

Two men were killed by falling trees on Sunday, one in Finchley, north London, and the other in Dumfries and Galloway, the PA Wire report said. Two women were taken to hospital after another tree fell in Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross.

PA Wire reported via RTÉ that ESB Networks still had homes, farms and businesses without electricity in north-west Ireland on Monday afternoon. Northern Ireland Electricity Networks said it had restored supply to all 12,500 customers affected there by Monday morning. In Dublin, council staff reinforced flood defences at Clontarf Promenade and Sandymount amid concern about overtopping waves and coastal flooding.

BBC Weather said heavy rain could cause localised flooding, while large waves coinciding with high tides could bring coastal flooding. Met Office deputy chief forecaster Steven Keates expected high pressure to ease winds and bring quieter, largely drier weather later in the week, although rain remained possible in northern and western areas, according to PA Wire.