Sixty-six mile an hour winds have hit parts of Wales overnight as Storm Ellen battered Ireland and Western parts of Britain.The fifth named storm of the 2019-2020 season was due to strike Ireland on Wednesday evening before moving north towards Scotland.The Met Office said: "Storm Ellen is currently bringing some unseasonably windy weather across the west with Wales having seen the strongest winds so far. The latest hurricane watches and warnings for the Atlantic Basin. "The stormy conditions come just a week after scorching temperatures across the UK with the mercury hitting 34C (93F) for six consecutive days.Mr Miall said: "We have gone from one extreme to the other, the first thing that springs to my mind with these sorts of events is climate change.
The fifth named storm of the 2019-2020 season was due to strike Ireland on Wednesday evening before moving north towards Scotland. Brendan, Ciara, and Róisín are among the names for storms to hit Britain and Ireland in 2019-20. "While it is too early to say whether the coming winter will be a stormy one or a quiet one we are prepared with a whole new set of 21 names for whatever nature may throw at us. An “unseasonably wet and windy spell” will reach the west of England from the early hours of Tuesday.
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Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. For the 2019/20 season, we have already witnessed Storm Atiyah, Storm Brendan and Storm Ciara. "Gusts up to 66mph were also recorded in Ireland at Finner, Met Eireann reported, while the Met Office said Ireland's "exposed southern coasts" had experienced gusts of 89mph at Roches Point.Footage on social media showed strong winds and sparking power lines in Cobh in Ireland, while West Cork TD Holly Cairns shared video of flooding in Skibbereen.Earlier, people on camping holidays were warned trees could easily come down as parts of the UK braced for winds of more than 70mph to hit.A Met Office yellow weather warning for wind stretches from the north of Scotland down to the Cornish coast and remains in place until the early hours of Friday.A separate yellow warning for very strong winds was also in place for Northern Ireland, while the Scotland Environment Protection Agency had five flood warnings in place for the country's south-western coast.Warnings of potential travel delays and the possibility of power cuts will extend eastwards on Friday to also include central and northern England, as well as all of Wales.Forecaster Luke Miall said Ellen will be felt "for the next couple of days" and is "not going to move through really quickly so we will continue to see a really big area of low pressure through the rest of this week. "The names have been complied from a list of suggestions submitted by the public and like previous years, less popular letters Q, U, X, Y and X will not be used.Last year saw 10 storms named, from Aileen in September to Hector earlier this summer.Also last year, ex-hurricane Ophelia hit Ireland and this was separately named by the National Hurricane Center.When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.