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Storm Floris Disrupts Travel Across UK With Record Winds

NORTHERN UK, AUG 4 – Storm Floris, the sixth named storm of 2024-25, brings gusts up to 85 mph causing closures, travel cancellations, and power cuts across northern UK, officials said.

  • On Monday, August 4, the Met Office issued a yellow warning for high winds with gusts up to 49mph, leading to closures at SC2 Splash Pad in Rhyl, Piglets Adventure Farm, and Manorafon Farm Park.
  • Storm Floris is predicted to bring unseasonably high gusts up to 85mph across the UK, with the Met Office warning of strong winds today.
  • By evening, coastal wind speeds peaked around 45mph in Aberystwyth, 43mph in Caernarfon, and 40mph in Pembroke, with most of Wales experiencing 20–30mph gusts.
  • Network Rail closed multiple routes at 12pm, while LNER warned against travel north of Newcastle and Avanti West Coast advised against routes past Preston on Monday.
  • Angela Constance advised treating trips as winter journeys and urged travellers to plan ahead, pack warm clothes, food, water, fuel, and keep phones charged.
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The storm Floris hit Scotland and Northern England on Monday, August 4, with a force described as "unusual" for the season. A wind record was recorded in Wick, where the gusts blew at more than 130 km/h. On its way, the weather caused numerous disturbances and caused damage. - Cut roads, uprooted trees, power cuts... Storm Floris hit the United Kingdom (International).

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Storm Floris, the sixth to hit the United Kingdom since last September, affects Scotland and the north of England with rare violence for a month of August Disturbed trains, cut roads,

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Wales Online broke the news in Wales, United Kingdom on Sunday, August 3, 2025.
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