The weather warning for most Scotland is upgraded to Amber as Storm Floris descends into the UK.
The warning runs from 10:00 BST to 22:00 on Monday and warns the threat to life as damage to buildings and trees due to storm conditions.
Northern England and Northern Ireland also have a yellow warning till midnight on Monday on Monday.
Storm Floris is the sixth designated storm of the 2024/25 season.
At this time of the year, trees are in full leaf and are more likely to break with broken branches during winter when the air can ring through them.
Electricity disintegration is also possible while heavy rains and floods may be an additional danger.
Nominated storms in August are not so rare.
Last year, Storm Lillian hit the UK on 23 August just before the Bank Holiday Weekend, shut down the steps at the Leeds Festival and canceled the Heathro flights.
In 2023, Storm Antony brought wet and very air season to South Wales and Southwest England affecting events such as brighton and Plymouth pride. Storm Betty further disrupted after less than two weeks.
In 2020, there were two August Hurricane – Ellen and Francis – that Met Office has “described as two of the most notable August storms in the last 50 years”.
Both these storms brought 79MPH and 81Mph wind blows with transportation disruption, coastal floods and power cuts respectively.
