The Met Office has issued a number of weather warnings across the UK as Storm Eowyn is set to batter Brits this week. Today (23 January) is the start of heavy rain and strong winds which will hit most of the country. This has been caused by a jet stream pushing pressure across the Atlantic and towards the UK.

The Met Office has issued several warnings for wind, snow and rain across the whole of the UK as Storm Éowyn is expected to cause widespread disruption on Friday and Saturday

Storm Éowyn is forecast to make landfall in Ireland late on Thursday before moving on to the rest of the UK on Friday according to Met Office models. The storm will bring gusts of 80mph to coastal areas and 60mph inland with potential for a danger to life caused by flying debris.

The Met Office said the newly-named Storm Éowyn could bring powerful gusts to exposed coasts in Northern Ireland, northern England, northwestern Wales and western Scotland.

Weather maps show that there will be very heavy rain falling in Wales overnight and there is a warning about the wind

The storm is expected to bring possible damage and disruption to parts of Ireland and the UK as it tracks east from the Atlantic. A Met Office yellow warning for wind lasts from midnight on Thursday until midnight on Friday as the storm moves across the region,

The UK Met Office has chosen the name Éowyn for the storm system brewing out in the Atlantic - and it could be a very bad one for Ireland and our neighbours with damaging gusts likely on Friday. Both Irish and UK meterologists are now closely tracking the low pressure system that the Met Office says will lead to travel disruption,