A powerful storm named Babet will bring significant impacts of wind and rain to Ireland and portions of the United Kingdom into the weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The storm, which was crossing the English Channel between the U.K.
The ferocious storm, the second of the season for Ireland and the U.K., has already knocked out power to over 1,000 properties and unleashed flooding and battering waves.Heavy rain and flooding poured across several regions of Ireland, causing dangerous driving conditions as Storm Babet arrived on Oct. 18.
A powerful storm named Babet will bring significant impacts of wind and rain to Ireland and portions of the United Kingdom into the weekend, The storm, which was crossing the English Channel between the U.K. and France as of Wednesday afternoon, local time, has already brought pounding waves and flooding rainfall to parts of the region. Similar conditions and at least gale-force winds were ahead for portions of northeastern England and Scotland through Saturday.for a few southern counties into the afternoon. Rainfall amounts of over 2 inches were reported in a very short amount of time, leading to the flooding.
Damage can also result from strong, gusty winds as Babet further strengthens and its center of circulation emerges in the North Sea east of the U.K. late in the week."Winds can gust as high as 70 mph with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 80 mph ," said Nicholls."Winds of this magnitude may result in downed trees, structural damage and power outages."
Ireland and the U.K. are not the only nations expected to experience the wrath of Babet. In combination with other storms spinning in the region, rain and gusty winds can also reach the Low Countries of Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg, as well as parts of Germany and Italy, from Thursday night into Friday.
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