What changed
Storm Boelo is moving into northern parts of the UK as Storm Austen eases in the south-west. The Met Office has issued one amber wind warning, two yellow wind warnings and a yellow rain warning, with gusts of up to 80mph forecast across Scotland, northern England to Carlisle and north-east Northern Ireland.
Flooding, power cuts, road closures, cancelled flights and rail disruption are already affecting parts of the country. Storm Austen left up to 31,000 homes without power and damaged Brighton’s West Pier.
Why it matters
This is a handover between two storms, not a clean reset. As Boelo reaches the north, the disruption is shifting with it: roads and rail lines may become unusable, flights may be cancelled, and power supplies could be tested by strong winds and flooding.
The practical warning is unusually broad. Households and businesses face possible outages, while transport operators are already dealing with closures and delays. The Environment Agency has told people to avoid coastal paths, a reminder that exposed areas may be dangerous even before the worst conditions arrive.
The eventual scale of Boelo’s damage, flooding and power loss remains unclear. For now, the immediate concern is that the problems caused by Austen in the south-west are being followed by a new round of disruption farther north.
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