5 h. ago UK weather map: Where Storm Benjamin is set to bring 75mph winds and heavy rain this week

Met Office issues three yellow weather warnings as heavy downpours and strong gales to lash across UK

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5 h. ago UK weather: Storm Benjamin to batter Britain with torrential rain and 70mph winds forecast from tomorrow

A yellow weather warning is in place for London along with much of England and Wales

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6 h. ago Storm Benjamin to hit UK with 75mph winds as Met Office issues warnings

Storm Benjamin has now been named, and with its arrival comes a number of weather warnings as the Met Office tell Brits to brace for some very unsettled weather

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8 h. ago Storm Benjamin to batter UK as Met Office issues warnings with 2in of rain and 75mph winds on way

The Met Office warned the wet and windy conditions may cause travel disruption, flooding, power cuts and damage to buildings within the alert areas tomorrow.

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9 h. ago Two dead at Melbourne beach as wild wind batters state, while parts of Sydney hit by record

Sydney’s Observatory Hill peaks at 37C on Wednesday – below the 39C forecast – as the mercury in other parts of the city neared 40CFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo men have died after being pulled from the water at a Victorian beach amid wild weather in the state.On Wednesday evening, Victoria police confirmed two men were found unresponsive in the water at Frankston Beach, on the Mornington Peninsula, just after 5pm. The men, who are yet to be identified, could not be revived. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Storm Benjamin to batter UK as Met Office issues warnings with 2ins of rain and 75mph winds on way

Britain will be hit by 75mph gusts and up to two inches of rain from tonight as Storm Benjamin was named this morning.

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10 h. ago Sydney temperatures soar 10C in 90 minutes as wild winds and weather batter Victoria

CBD temperatures surpass 36C as Bureau of Meteorology forecasts damaging wind gusts up to 130km/h along Victoria’s south-west coastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTemperatures across Sydney reached the mid-to-high 30s on Wednesday afternoon, as damaging winds with gusts above 100km/h whipped through Victoria.Sydney’s Observatory Hill recorded 36.6C at 3pm on Wednesday, with the temperature having climbed more than 10C in a period of 90 minutes, from 26.5C at 12:30 to 36.8C at 2pm. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Sydney set for ‘blistering’ weather as record heat shifts east and BoM warnings for winds to blast Melbourne and Victoria

Temperatures forecast by Bureau of Meteorology to reach 39C in the CBD as rain and damaging wind gusts up to 130km/h expected along Victoria’s south-west coastFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe weather bureau has forecast a “blistering day” for Sydney on Wednesday, with record-breaking heat shifting towards the east coast, while damaging winds whip through southern states.On Tuesday, both New South Wales and Queensland recorded their hottest-ever October temperatures, the highest since records began in 1910, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Australia news live: extreme weather warnings as Sydney forecast to hit hottest ever October day; US company bids to buy Rex

BoM warning of 39C would surpass 38.2C October record from 2004. Follow today’s news liveOctober heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures way above the normGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBrittany Higgins has dropped her appeal against the Western Australia supreme court decision that she defamed Linda Reynolds in a series of social media posts, according to reports.In August the state supreme court judge Paul Tottle ruled that the former defence minister’s reputation was damaged by a 2022 social media post from David Sharaz, which Higgins responded to, and an Instagram story published by Higgins in July 2023. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago UK weather warning map shows where 75mph winds will batter Brits

Three separate yellow weather alerts have been issued by the weather experts at the Met Office for various areas of England and Wales

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27 h. ago Heavy downpours and winds of up to 75mph forecast as warnings issued

On Thursday, the wet and windy conditions may cause travel disruption, flooding and power cuts, according to the Met Office.

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28 h. ago Met Office issues two UK weather warnings as 'damaging' winds and heavy rain forecast

Several weather warnings are in place as a "heavy swathe of rain" and "damaging winds" are set to hit the UK on Thursday

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29 h. ago UK braces for 75mph winds and heavy rain after Met Office issues weather warning

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for wind and rain for large parts of the UK on Thursday

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9 d. ago Weather maps show when heavy downpours will return to Scotland after dry spell

Scots are to see some drier weather before showers sweep the country next week.

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1 week ago Royal Parks Half Marathon route, road closures, London Underground warning and weather forecast

Royal Parks Half Marathon route, road closures, London Underground warning and weather forecast  MyLondon

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2 w. ago Exact date snow set to hit Scotland as forecast warns risk of more wet and windy weather

Scotland is just about starting to recover from Storm Amy but it seems the weather has more tricks up its sleeve.

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2 w. ago Rail firm is fined £1million over death of woman who was killed by a tree branch while sticking her head out of an open train window at 75mph

Bethan Roper, 28, died after hitting her head on an overhanging tree branch on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train travelling at 75mph near Twerton, Bath, in 2018.

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2 w. ago Weather tracker: wet conditions raise risk of flooding in south

Warnings issued for Serbia, Romania and Greek islands amid forecast of prolonged rainfall and strong winds While storms and hurricanes have churned in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific, Europe has faced extreme conditions of its own. A low-pressure system that developed over the Mediterranean midweek moved north-east into south-eastern Europe on Thursday, bringing widespread showers, thunderstorms and prolonged rainfall.The system is expected to persist into Friday, with models on indicating 48-hour totals of 80-130mm of rain across much of the Balkans. Red weather warnings were issued for Serbia, south-west Romania, north-east Greece, and the Dodecanese and North Aegean Islands, highlighting the risk of flooding and threat to life. Strong winds also closed schools on Zakynthos in the Ionian Islands. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Met Office issues Storm Amy 'danger to life' amber warning as 100mph wind gusts forecast

Storm Amy is bringing wet and windy weather to the UK this weekend

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2 w. ago Storm Amy amber weather warning issued as Met Office says ten parts of Wales will now be hit

The Met Office has extended its weather warning, with 'hazardous' gusts of up to 70mph forecast

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