Britain warms up for the great 'storm of the century'

We could be looking at the storm of the century

Leon Brown, forecaster for The Weather Channel

Forecaster Mark Sidaway said: “The rain is a specific concern over the next few days, especially in the South-west, with winds pretty much across the whole country.

“Some of these will be strong, while the rain could bring the problem of flooding in localised areas.” He said some parts of the ­country were already at near-­saturation point with rivers “starting to fill up”. Vantage Weather Services forecaster Jonathan Powell said the extreme conditions were due to low ­pressure systems sweeping into the UK.

He added: “Thursday night and into Friday it is going to turn very wet and windy, but the real threat comes at the weekend.

“Sunday could see gusts exceeding 80mph and very heavy rain. We could be looking at the storm of the century.

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