Tornado Franklin is continuing to hammer components of the UK with strong winds and heavy rain.

There is severe flooding partially of Northern Ireland and more than 80 flood cautions continue to be in position partly of Yorkshire.

” Serious interruption” implies Network Rail is recommending clients to examine before they take a trip.

Franklin comes days after Tornado Eunice killed three people as well as left 1.4 million houses without power.

The Met Office issued 2 weather condition warnings:

  • A brownish-yellow caution for wind in the north of Northern Ireland, which ran out early on Monday early morning
  • A milder yellow caution for wind covering Wales, Northern Ireland, the majority of England and also parts of south-west Scotland from up until 13:00 on Monday
  • A yellow warning can still create injuries and also “threat to life” according to the Met Office

Storm Franklin is the third named storm in a week – following Dudley and also Eunice – the first time this has happened because the storm-naming system was introduced in 2015.

Greater than 150 flooding warnings are in place across the north of England, with Yorkshire as well as Manchester the worst hit.

Individuals have actually been alerted to stay away from rivers in Yorkshire and also homes were evacuated with roadways and also bridges shut because of extensive flooding.

LIVE: Tornado Franklin – Yorkshire flooding updates

The Setting Company North West tweeted a video clip late on Sunday night showing the flood gates being opened up on the Mersey to the Didsbury Container to protect over 5,000 homes.

North Yorkshire Fire Solution worked to rescue people, posting an image of one operation as waters engulfed a campers site in Knaresborough.

More than 70 houses in south Manchester have been left as well as the Setting Company provided alerts – showing a feasible risk to life – for 430 buildings in Didsbury and also Northenden.

Drumragh River, OmaghIn North Ireland, hefty rainfall has caused severe flooding, with counties Londonderry and also Tyrone the most awful hit.

Football pitches have been left under metres of water in Castlederg, as well as 4,600 houses are still without power according to Northern Ireland Power (NIE).

NIE said at its optimal there were 10,000 houses without power throughout the early hours of Monday morning.

Storm Franklin damageThere were initiatives to stop the Drumragh and Finn rivers from breaking their banks, with workers making use of pumps to attempt to maintain the water included.

In Shropshire, the River Severn was threatening to break its banks and emergency situation groups have actually erected flood barriers in Ironbridge to try to stop the waters from reaching homes.

County councillor Karl Lewis claimed Llandinam in Powys, central Wales, had actually been left resembling a “calamity zone”.

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Eighteen flood cautions and also seven signals have actually likewise been provided across the Scottish Borders, Ayrshire, Orkney as well as the Western Islands by the Scottish Atmosphere Security Company.

National Rail is encouraging clients to examine their courses prior to travelling, with a number of firms anticipated to be influenced.

CrossCountry trains, which runs services from Aberdeen, via Birmingham and to the South West, is “highly recommending” that people do not travel.

Rotherham Central stationSoutheastern train is “highly” advising against traveling, with disruption on routes expected.

Chiltern Railways has actually warned disruption will certainly continue into Tuesday morning, “consisting of trains as well as carriages remaining in the wrong areas”

Rotherham Central will certainly stay closed up until at least Tuesday – a photo shared by Leeds City Terminal on Twitter reveals the extent of the track flooding.

What do the weather warnings mean?High winds could trigger additional power cuts, transport hold-ups and also damage to buildings, the Met Office has actually warned.

Meteorologist Becky Mitchell informed the PA information agency: “Presently we have actually obtained a truly energetic jet stream, which is why we’re seeing a lot of storms track ideal towards the UK.

” We had Dudley on Wednesday, Eunice on Friday and Franklin today.”

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Last Updated: 21 Feb 2022