Warnings active - Storm Benjamin impacts the UK

Warnings active
Storm Benjamin impacts the UK

Weather radar map over the UK and Ireland showing widespread blue precipitation bands, cloud icon, and temperatures from 5°C in Glasgow to 13°C near Amsterdam.

Heavy rain spreads over the UK as Storm Benjamin passes by.

Storm Benjamin, named by Météo-France, will bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the UK to end the week.

Warnings for both wind and rain are active for Thursday, although the worst of the system will be felt in Europe across France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

For the UK, southern to south-east England can expect to feel the influence of Benjamin overnight from Wednesday. Up to 50 mm of rain could fall in some areas, with up to 30 mm expected more widely.

Weather map of the UK and Ireland dated Thursday 23 October showing green to yellow warning levels, with a wind warning sign and colour scale from level 1 to 4. Yellow warning seen along the coasts of Ireland, Wales, and parts of southern to eastern England, orange warnings along the east and south-east coastline of England and in the far south-west.

Weather map of the UK and Ireland dated Thursday 23 October showing green to yellow warning levels, with a wind warning sign and color scale from level 1 to 4. Yellow warnings seen across southern Ireland and coasts, eastern England, Wales, and eastern Scotland.

Map of the UK and nearby Europe showing wind speeds in mph with orange to red shading and a large rotating low-pressure symbol centred near the North Sea; highest speeds around London and Brussels.

Wind map of the UK and Western Europe with a low-pressure icon indicating Storm Benjamin centred over Denmark.

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Wind warnings for Thursday.

As a result of the stormy weather, localised surface flooding and some wind damage is likely as gusts of up to 55 mph inland and up to 65 mph along the eastern English coastline are expected.

It is possible that some stronger gusts around 70 mph hit some coastal parts of Kent, Essex and Suffolk, though the exact development of the system is still unclear.

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