Yellow weather warnings remain in place today as Storm Amy continues to sweep across Britain, with the Met Office warning that the UK is not “out of the woods” yet.di
Storm Amy has brought heavy rain, gales, and record-breaking pressure across the country since it hit yesterday.
Last night, gusts reached almost 100mph in some places, with areas in the north of Scotland being hit hardest.
The highest recorded gust was at Tiree in the Hedribes, where the wind reached 96mph. Meanwhile, a record for Northern Ireland was set in Magilligan, Londonderry, where a gust where 92mph winds were recorded.
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for wind and rain today.
Storm Amy broke records overnight – Baltasound hit 947.9 hPa, provisionally the lowest October pressure ever recorded at a UK land station, beating Muckle Flugga’s 950.9 hPa in 1988. pic.twitter.com/X5kO1DfI45
— Met Office (@metoffice) October 4, 2025The Met further warned of possible “danger to life” after a man in his 40s died in a weather-related incident in Letterkenny, Donegal on Friday.
Around 100,000 properties were still without power across the island of Ireland on Saturday.
Aidan McGivern, Met Office meterologist, said: “We’re not out of the woods yet. It’s going to be a very windy day, with further disruption likely as Amy moves across Scotland”
The Met added that there would be windspeed would reach 60mph across much of the country on Saturday morning, and that north-east Scotland would experience the worst of the weather.
Mr McGivern said: “In the north and north-east of Scotland, there is a risk of 75 or 80mph wind gusts, that could cause further disruption, certainly to transport, but also to power, and dangerous conditions near coasts”.
People on Blackrock diving tower in Salthill, Galway. Storm Amy will bring damaging winds to the island of Ireland with every county under weather warnings on Friday. (Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire)Trains across the country are expected to be disrupted. All services through Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street were suspended on Friday night.
Ross Moran, from Network Rail Scotland, said that they had received more than 60 reports of flooding, fallen trees and debris on the tracks in the first two hours of the storm.
He added: “Storm Amy has hit parts of the country much harder and more quickly than expected”.
Meanwhile, Avanti West Coast warned that there could be “short-notice changes” on Saturday and “strongly recommended” customers travelling north of Preston to check for updates before starting their journeys.
A car drives through a flooded park next to the sea during Storm Amy which brought severe weather, in Galway, Ireland (Photo: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne)Mr McGivern said that it would remain “very windy indeed” as Storm Amy “only slowly pulls away to the north east”.
He added: It is going to be a blustery day wherever you are. Frequent showers for many parts, particularly across the north and the west. The Highlands could see 70-100mm of rain accumulating, curtesy of spells of persistent rain.”
Meanwhile in the south-east, travel was disrupted after a tree fell on the railway between Rye and Ashford International, preventing trains running between East Sussex and Kent stations.
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In London, all eight royal parks, including Hyde Park and Richmond Park, are closed today because of the winds. “This closure includes all park roads and cycleways, cafes and kiosks, parks sports venues, the Serpentine lido and boating lake, and the royal parks shop,” the Royal Parks said. Sunday opening times will be delayed because of safety inspections.
The Met Office has issued a warning to drivers to stick to main roads in an effort to avoid debris and branches, and drive at a slower speed.
The advice added: “If the road is flooded, turn around and find another route. The number one cause of death during flooding is driving through flood water, so the safest advice is turn around, don’t drown”.
The Environment Agency has issued 16 flood alerts, including two warnings that flooding is expected in the Lake District and Yorkshire.
It is expected that showers will ease on Saturday night and that Sunday will be dry, with some sunny spells.
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