single authoritative system should aid the communication of approaching severe weather through media partners and other government agencies Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. 'Unsurvivable storm surge:' Laura to hit Texas, Louisiana as Category 4 hurricane as hundreds of thousands evacuate… Keep track of the latest information on tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific with the USA TODAY Hurricane Tracker Winds could now reach 70mph and there could be 90mm of rain in placesStorm Francis has brought gusts of more than 50mph overnight ahead of the wet and windy weather impacting vast swathes of the country on Tuesday.The heaviest of the rain is expected to fall across Northern Ireland and south-west Scotland with the Met Office warning of the potential for flooding and issuing a yellow warning.It said up to 90 mm of rain could fall while a yellow warning for wind is in place in Wales and most of England with gusts of up to 70mph predicted.Mount Batten, Plymouth, recorded gusts of 51mph overnight.Mace Head, in Co Galway on the west coast of Ireland also recorded gusts of 51mph on Tuesday morning, while 30.8 mm of rain fell between 5pm and 11pm in parts of Co Kerry.Fire crews were called to The Square in Bantry, Co Cork, after flooding, and one flood alert is in place in Wales, and 29 flood warnings across England, Wales and Scotland.The Met Office has never had two named storms in August since the process started in 2015, but Francis comes on the back of Ellen which struck last week and caused power outages.Ellen also saw 15-year-old Nicola Williams swept to her death in the Rhymney River in Llanrumney, Cardiff, and a 50-year-old holidaymaker die in the sea near Helston, west Cornwall, after getting into difficulties.Alex Deakin from the Met Office said it will be “wet and windy for large chunks of the UK”.He added: “The bands of rain (will) move into Northern Ireland and stick around, move into Scotland and hang around for most of the day.”Forecasters said the winds were “unusual” for August, but would have to go some way to beat the current record wind gust speed of 87mph recorded at The Needles on the Isle of Wight in August 1996.Likewise, the wettest August on record in the UK was in 1912 when 167.3 mm was recorded across the country as a whole.Between August 1 and 22, the UK as a whole had seen some 72.7mm of rainfall – around four-fifths of the average rainfall for the month.No new storm is currently forecast this month, meaning the next storm will begin with A rather than G, as the storm-naming calendar resets on September 1.When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Hurricanes! Tornadoes! Category 3 Laura to hit Texas, Louisiana as major hurricane as hundreds of thousands evacuate Space Storms! Find out the latest information about storms in the UK as we name them as part of our Name our Storms project.Throughout the year these pages will provide the latest updates and information as we name storms which we forecast will have an impact upon the UK.Since Name our Storms first launched in 2015 we have issued a new list of names each September. Therefore 'storms systems' could be named on the basis of impacts from the wind but also include the impacts of rain and snow.When the criteria for naming a storm are met, either the Met Office, Met Éireann or KNMI can name a storm.We then let the public, our partners in government and the responder community and the media know through various routes including publishing details on our website and social media channels.To ensure we are in line with the US National Hurricane Centre naming conventions, we are not going to include names which begin with the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z. Full 'Corn Moon' rises tonight in the eastern sky
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Hurricane Laura could undergo 'rapid intensification' before landfall. The Storm Channel is your one-stop-shop for extreme weather and natural disaster videos. 'Unsurvivable storm surge:' Laura to hit Texas, Louisiana as Category 4 hurricane as hundreds of thousands evacuate… You can unsubscribe at any time. BRITS are set to be battered with 60mph winds by Storm Ellen for the second day in a row as the Met Offices issues an England-wide weather warning.