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UK Weather – Storm Otto to batter Brits with 75mph winds as Met Office gives danger to life warnings
BRITS are set to be battered by 75mph winds as Storm Otto hits, seeing the Met Office release "danger to life" warnings.
Forecasters urged people in Scotland and the north east of England to take care as strong winds are expected to start blowing through overnight.
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The gusty gales are being brought down by a low-pressure system dubbed Storm Otto.
It has been named by the Danish Meteorological Institute as Denmark is expected to bear the brunt of the storm tomorrow afternoon.
The Met Office said the wild weather is set to move east across the far north of the UK from the early hours of tomorrow morning.
It is likely bringing gusts in excess of 75mph to some northern areas.
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As a result, yellow weather warnings are in place tomorrow, covering all of Scotland, and much of the east coast down to Manchester.
The Met Office warned: "There is a small chance of injuries and danger to life from flying debris."
It also said: "There is a small chance that injuries and danger to life could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties."
Forecasters also warned the gusty winds could cause travel chaos, power cuts and loss of mobile phone coverage.
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Met Office Chief Meteorologist Andy Page said: “Storm Otto will bring high winds and rain to the UK, with some northern parts of Scotland and the northeast of England likely to get the strongest gusts of wind, possibly in excess of 75mph.
"Warnings have been issued and could be updated as Storm Otto develops.
“There’s a chance of travel disruption and high-sided vehicles could be particularly prone to disrupted plans in this set-up.
"There’s associated rain with Storm Otto, with 40-50 mm of rain likely to fall over parts of western Scotland.”
The 75mph winds are expected to hit Scotland around 3am tomorrow, and the east coast of England two hours later.
Both warnings are in place until the afternoon.
It also warned some roads and bridges could be forced to close in the north east of England as a result of the gusts.
It comes at Met Office yesterday issued the urgent wind warnings.
A meteorologist said: "A deep area of low pressure is expected to impact much of northern Britain through Friday.
"Winds will increase from west to east, with gusts of 55-65 mph likely, and locally as high as 70-75 mph for exposed coasts and hills."
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Five flood alerts were also issued across swathes of Hampshire as well as East and West Sussex, where groundwater floods have been prolonged.
With a relatively dry February forecasted, many of those warnings are likely to wane as the days and weeks progress.
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