Seaham Harbour, County Durham.
(Picture: Owen Humphreys/ PA Wire)There have been dramatic scenes across the UK after Storm Arwen brought gusts of almost 100mph, causing road closures, train delays and power cuts.
At least three people have been killed in different parts of the country as trees were blown over in the strong winds.
Cumbria Police said a man from Lancaster died in Ambleside after a tree fell on him just before 11pm on Friday. In Northern Ireland, a man was killed when his car was hit by a falling tree in County Antrim, also on Friday. And Police Scotland said a 35-year-old man died when his pick-up truck was struck by a falling tree on the B977 Dyce to Hatton of Fintray Road in Aberdeenshire at about 5.45pm on Friday.
The Met Office had issued a red wind warning for parts of north-east England on Friday, while a yellow warning for snow and ice is now in place until mid-morning on Sunday in Scotland and the North of England.
There is also a cold weather alert in place until Monday, with warnings of a risk of “wintry showers and icy stretches”.
Winds are still gusting 60-70 mph in exposed locations first thing this morning
— Met Office (@metoffice) November 27, 2021
Also, we have a mixture of #rain sleet and #snow to contend with
Multiple #warnings remain in force
Stay #WeatherAware #StormArwen pic.twitter.com/LG0y8t2ORW
On Friday, wind speeds had reached 87mph in Orlock Head, Co Down.
Inverbervie on the north-east coast of Scotland had gusts of 78mph, while Aberporth in Wales saw speeds of 77mph.
Some horrendous conditions out there this evening, with very high #winds, very rough seas, heavy #rain and some #snow too
— Met Office (@metoffice) November 26, 2021
Highest low-level gust so far: 78 mph at Inverbervie
Multiple warnings in force, stay #WeatherAware#StormArwen pic.twitter.com/8oxFs37CwK
People have sharing pictures and videos of scenes from their homes, with several coming from hard-hit areas of Scotland:
Tad windy around the coast today #StormArwen #Caithness video credit to David Proudfoot pic.twitter.com/0FLBohXnUc
— Pamela Taylor (@LeptaLaMayor) November 26, 2021
Wild one doon the harbour inite! #Fraserburgh #stormarwen pic.twitter.com/g6gQ3AA5wd
— Matty west (@Matty1903) November 26, 2021
Winter has arrived in Aberdeenshire ☃️💨. And it’s just the start of it with #StormArwen
— Simon King (@SimonOKing) November 26, 2021
📹 @Alonso2012F
pic.twitter.com/aO3GDakNic
@LothianLoop @BBCScotWeather John Muir country park in Dunbar completely devastated by #StormArwen pic.twitter.com/H5jiXifsR5
— rosslargue (@rosslargue1) November 27, 2021
There have also been snow blizzards in the north Pennines:
Incredible #blizzards here in north Pennines currently #uksnow #StormArwen ❄️ pic.twitter.com/FmF5HbZzbD
— U.K Snow Updates (@UKsnow_updates) November 26, 2021
And there’s been dramatic scenes across the rest of England:
Huge Sea's wiped up by #StormArwen at Roker in Sunderland today #weather #storm @StormHour @PA pic.twitter.com/g5JnV3MnR5
— Owen Humphreys (@owenhumphreys1) November 27, 2021
Summing up the damage caused by the first named storm of the season, the Met Office said the strong winds and a mixture of rain, sleet and snow led to “power cuts, transport disruption, trees fell, there were large coastal waves and blizzards affected some hills.”
