Storm Eunice: Amber warning of extremely strong winds

 Strong winds could cause power cuts, damage to people’s homes and travel chaos as Storm Eunice looks set to batter Wales.

The Met Office has issued an amber warning for Friday, with high winds expected to cause “significant disruption”.

It comes as Storm Dudley sweeps in on Wednesday, also bringing strong winds.

A yellow warning is already in place from 13:00 GMT Wednesday until 06:00 Thursday.

The yellow – be prepared warning – covers parts of north east, north west and mid Wales.

Sabrina Lee, BBC weather presenter, warned winds of up to 100mph (161kph) in coastal areas, could cause flying debris, large waves and fallen trees, adding “Friday is not a day to venture out”.

“We’re still keeping an eye on the track of the storm. There is the potential for some areas to be included in a red wind warning. These sort of warnings are rare,” she said.

Storm Dudley is set to hit the northern half of Wales when it hits later on Wednesday

Storm Eunice is expected to affect all of Wales from 03:00 GMT until 21:00 GMT on Friday.

Ms Lee added: “We’re all under an amber wind warning on Friday, this has recently been upgraded from a yellow wind warning

“For inland areas there is the potential for gusts 60-70mph, possibly up to 90-100mph for some coastal locations.”

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On Wednesday, Storm Dudley will to bring 70mph winds (113km/hr) to Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Powys and Wrexham, the Met Office said.

Damage to buildings, falling trees and power cuts could bring disruption, the warning says.

Natural Resources Wales also has 10 flood alerts in place in south, mid and north Wales.

Flood alerts are in place on the River Severn, River Usk and River Wye in south and mid Wales and the Lower Dee catchment in north Wales.

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On Tuesday, there was a small landslip on the A493 between Pennal and Dyfi Bridge, near Machynlleth, but the road remained open.

The A55 Britannia Bridge has a 30mph speed limit in north Wales because of strong winds.

The river Usk in full flow at Brecon Promenade, Powys, on Tuesday afternoon

Western Power also reported a number of power cuts – 33 homes were without electricity on Wednesday morning in the Little Mill and Glascoed areas of Monmouth shire, but it had been restored to most by 07:30.

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