Hurricane Zeta Halloween horror: Storm set to hit UK with blustery winds and six inches of rain as it sweeps across the country
- Storm Aiden, the first of the 2020/21 season, is expected to bring strong winds and up to 15cm of rain
- And tomorrow, the end of Hurricane Zeta, which has killed at least six people in the US, is likely to hit the UK
- The Met Office warned of heavy and prolonged rain ahead of Storm Aiden, meaning Wales and other areas risk flooding
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Good news for some – a muddy weekend could put an end to any Halloween trick-or-treating tonight.
Storm Aiden, the first of the 2020/21 season, is expected to bring strong winds and up to 15cm of rain today.
And tomorrow, the tail end of Hurricane Zeta, which has killed at least six people in the US, is likely to hit the UK, bringing gale force winds and downpours.
Storm Aiden, the first of the 2020/21 season, is expected to bring high winds and up to 15cm of rain today (pictured: Llanrwst, Wales, yesterday).
The Met Office warned last night that heavy and persistent rain from Storm Aiden means much of Wales and other western areas are at risk of flooding.
Multiple amber warnings for wind and rain are in effect for western parts of the UK from today through Monday as the two weather systems pull through.
Deadly Hurricane Zeta slammed into the southern United States this week, damaging homes, downing trees and causing power outages in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
It left six dead and more than two million without power as of Thursday night.
An aerial drone view of cars driving on a flooded road as the River Conwy burst its banks in Llanrwst, Wales yesterday
People walk past the vineyard at Painshill Country Garden in Cobham in wet weather yesterday
Cars drive on a flooded road when the River Conwy burst its banks in Llanrwst, Wales on Thursday
The Met Office’s Martin Young said the remains of Zeta would bring further heavy rain and high winds.
“Given that this falls on already saturated ground after a wet October, there is an increased risk of flooding in some alert areas,” he added.
However, conditions across the country are expected to become much drier and lighter across the board as the week progresses.
By Wednesday some will see plenty of sunshine with some showers, the strongest of which will be in the south and southeast.
People walking along the River Thames on a drizzle day seasonal weather day yesterday in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
Children get soaked from the enormous waves that smash the coast at Southsea in Hampshire yesterday morning
