{"id":41313,"date":"2024-11-22T14:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=41313"},"modified":"2024-11-22T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:04:03","slug":"severe-weather-warnings-issued-in-the-south-west-as-storm-bert-rolls-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2024\/11\/22\/severe-weather-warnings-issued-in-the-south-west-as-storm-bert-rolls-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe weather warnings issued in the South West as Storm Bert rolls in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/storm-bert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/storm-bert.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/storm-bert-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/storm-bert-640x366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/storm-bert-681x389.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Gary Stockbridge \/ GetArchive.net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued by the Met Office for this weekend, as the arrival of Storm Bert sees heavy rainfall expected in the South West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The storm is due to arrive overnight Friday and into Saturday and is expected to bring heavy rain, especially in southern and western parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Met Office\u2019s Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly has said that the deluge will \u201cdevelop during Saturday morning and become particularly heavy and persistent overnight and into Sunday\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is likely that 50-75mm of rain will fall during this time, with some areas of the South West facing up to 150mm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strong southerly winds will accompany the heavy rain with wind speed predicted to peak at between 50-60 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Storm Bert is being deemed a \u2018multi-hazard event\u2019, bringing rain, wind and even snow to many areas of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This has seen the issuing of multiple Severe Weather Warnings by the Met Office, including a \u2018yellow warning\u2019 in the southwest, meaning some could experience road closures and flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StormBert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StormBert<\/a> is expected to bring several weather impacts across the UK on Saturday \u26a0\ufe0f<br><br>Here is an overview of what we can expect<br><br>Stay <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeatherAware?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeatherAware<\/a> \u26a0\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HWsihjB5tB\">pic.twitter.com\/HWsihjB5tB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Met Office (@metoffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metoffice\/status\/1859922299106840894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Highways National Network Manager, Mark Nash has advised those travelling this weekend to \u201cplan ahead for their journey,\u201d and to \u201ctake extra care\u201d if conditions become challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalhighways.co.uk\/road-safety\/travelling-in-severe-weather\/\">section of the National Highways website<\/a> offers practical advice for travelling in severe weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued by the Met Office for this weekend, as the arrival of Storm Bert sees heavy rainfall expected in the South West. The storm is due to arrive overnight Friday and into Saturday and is expected to bring heavy rain, especially in southern and western parts of the country. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":41329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41313"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41352,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41313\/revisions\/41352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}