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All the latest news, updates, maps and forecasts on UK storms. Named by the Met Office, the storms are typically associated with high winds and heavy rain, and can lead to infrastructure damage, transport delays and flooding.

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Roads transformed into rivers of ice after rain and hail batters holiday hotspot

Channel: World World March 15, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Big storm map has viewers joking about 'very hard rain' picture: WDAM

Big storm map with unfortunate shape has viewers joking about 'very hard rain'

Channel: US US March 14, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Cyclone Alfred tracker map shows where rare storm will strike Australia

Channel: World World March 7, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
The latest forecasts show a high-pressure area developing over Greenland and eastern Canada (Picture: severe-weather.eu)

Polar vortex collapses sending late-season and largest cold to US

Channel: US US March 6, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Greg Dewhurst, Senior Operational Meteorologist with the Met Office, told Metro: ‘I would say some snow may be possible at times over the hills in the north in particular, which not unusual for the time of year.’

Met Office issue danger to life warning with amber weather alerts across UK

Channel: UK UK February 23, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
A Metro graphic weather warning map showing where Met Office rain and wind warnings are in place on Sunday in the UK.

Map shows where 'pulsing rain' and 70mph gusts will batter UK this weekend

Channel: UK UK February 22, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Play Video Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock (15155585f) An aerial drone photo shows the flooded rural area in Hart County, Kentucky, the United States, Feb. 16, 2025. Flood and storms induced by the latest round of harsh weather have lashed the mideastern parts of the United States, claiming at least nine lives, including eight in Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear said Sunday. Photoflash | 9 Dead as Severe Flooding, Storms Pummel Mideast u.s. - 16 Feb 2025

Thousands braced for snowstorm days after devastating floods killed 14 people

Channel: US US February 19, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
National Weather Service Map shows 'coldest polar vortex this season' sweeping across US

Map shows coldest polar vortex this winter threatening up to 58,000,000 people

Channel: US US February 18, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
A firefighter's car sits in the ocean after being washed away in a mudslide off the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole

Cars washed away in huge mudslides in LA just weeks after devastating wildfires

Channel: US US February 14, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Map shows stormiest stretch of winter in the US

Map shows 'stormiest stretch of winter' pelting 40 US states and 200,000,000 people

Channel: US US February 13, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Storm Herminia maps show where flood and weather warnings are in place

Channel: UK UK January 27, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
? Licensed to London News Pictures. 26/01/2025. London, UK. Friends from Spain struggle to hold an umbrella on Westminster Bridge in central London as Storm Herminia sweeps through London, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning, with winds expected to reach over 40mph and rain intensifying throughout the day. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP

How did Storm Herminia get its name and what comes next in 2025?

Channel: UK UK January 27, 2025 By Jasper King

Terrified passengers climb onto handrails after floods deluge station

Channel: World World January 26, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister
Aftermath of the traffic incident on the A40 Gloucester Road, Cheltenham. January 26 2025. A man has been killed in a high-speed crash outside GCHQ as an electric Porsche ploughs into a tree. An electric Porsche, believed to be a Taycan, ploughed into a tree on the A40 Gloucester Road, Cheltenham at 12.40am this morning (Sunday).Shocking pictures show the front end of the car appears to have separated from the bulk of the vehicle on impact with the tree.Emergency services attended the scene, providing CPR to a 36-year-old local man.

Man dies after electric Porsche crashes outside GCHQ base with two arrested

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2025 By Oliver Jones
A man has died after his car was struck by a falling tree in Mauchline, East Ayrshire. The incident happened around 6.45am on Friday, 24 January, 2025 on the B743 and involved a blue Ford Focus. The driver, a 19-year-old man, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment. He died on Saturday, 25 January. Sergeant Chris McColm of the Road Policing Unit said: "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died.?

Teen, 19, dies after tree crushes his car during Storm Eowyn

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2025 By Oliver Jones
Play Video A drone view shows damage to a partially collapsed building that was undergoing repairs before being damaged by high winds during Storm Eowyn in Hale, Britain, January 26, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble

100-year-old building demolished by Storm Eowyn's 60mph winds ripping down walls

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2025 By Oliver Jones
Live tracker map shows where Storm Herminia set to land after yellow weather warnings issued

Storm Herminia arrives with 80mph winds and heavy rain from Wales to London

Channel: UK UK January 27, 2025 By Danny Rigg
Storm Herminia to bring heavy rain and 70mph winds after 'strongest' in 10 years

More heavy rain and 80mph winds hit UK after 'strongest' storm in a decade

Channel: UK UK January 26, 2025 By Sam Corbishley

Man, 20, crushed and killed by falling tree while trying to flee Storm Eowyn

Channel: UK UK January 25, 2025 By Brooke Davies
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Meet the man behind Big Jet TV who has 90,000,000 views on YouTube

Channel: UK UK January 25, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen

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