Weston, Clevedon and Portishead's seafronts have been closed off due to Storm Eunice.
Bristol and the wider South West region is bracing for wind gusts of up to 90mph today as the powerful storm approaches land.
Avon and Somerset has declared a "major incident" after the Met Office issued a rare red weather warning for the region, and Bristol City Council has advised schools to close tomorrow - the full list confirmed so far can be found here. Libraries, many tourist attractions and park cafes have also announced closure, and no First buses in Bristol will be running in the morning.
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And North Somerset Council has now said they have closed off the seafront in three of its largest coastal towns. Portishead Esplanade, Weston's Birnbeck Rd, Knightstone Road and Marine Parade, and Clevedon's front have all been shut since last night.
The deputy leader of North Somerset Council, Mike Bell, said most schools in the area were closed and public transport had already been disrupted by the extreme weather.
The Liberal Democrat councillor for Weston-Super-Mare Central told BBC Breakfast: “We’ve got teams on standby to tackle fallen trees, blocked roads, flooding, and any issues.”
Mr Bell added: “Yesterday obviously as soon as the red alert was issued we issued advice to our schools to close, so most of our schools are closed today. We’ve closed off the seafront, we’ve got very good sea defences here in Weston-Super-Mare and in other parts of the North Somerset coast so we’ve closed off those sea fronts.
“We know that travel and transport is already disrupted and suspended for most of the morning and I think the message is very firmly: stay at home if you possibly can, baton down the hatches and wait for Eunice to pass over.”
North Somerset Council has also urged everyone to stay in their homes.
A spokesperson posted on Facebook: "Storm Eunice will reach us in the early hours of the morning. Please stay away from coastal paths, piers and promenades, parks, woodlands. Don’t risk your safety or that of the people who’d come to your rescue if you got into trouble."
Storm Eunice is be the fifth named storm since the end of November to have made landfall in the UK, expected to touch down in the early hours of Friday (February 18) with it some violent weather. Bristol experienced strong winds throughout Wednesday during Storm Dudley, with gusts of 56mph, which caused a hotel window to shatter to the ground in Broad Quay.
However, Storm Eunice is expected to be even stronger. Most of Bristol is covered by an amber wind warning but Avonmouth and other areas along the Severn Estuary are covered by a rare red warning, which will be in place between 7am and midday.
The Environment Agency has warned that it is expecting conditions to create "a tidal surge along north coast of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset". The Port of Bristol is making safety preparations, and a flood warning has been issued for seafront properties at Severn Beach.
Experts are now warning that a third storm could be headed our way, click here for more information.
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