Parts of the UK already experiencing flooding will be hit by more strong winds and heavy rain as Storm Jorge moves in over the weekend.

Winds of up to 70mph will hit coastal areas and rainfall of up to 80-100mm could fall on already flooded areas.

The west coast of Ireland could see winds gusting to 80mph.

The yellow warnings for wind are between midday Saturday and midday Sunday.

Image: Strong winds will hit Ireland on Saturday

The Met Office has issued rain warnings for parts of Wales and northern England for Friday night, where rain will be heaviest and we could see up to 100mm.


With rain falling on already saturated ground, there is a risk of more flooding.

Wind warnings are in place for Northern Ireland, Wales, southern Scotland and much of England.

Gusts of 50-60mph are likely quite widely with 65-70mph possible in coastal areas, however the strongest and most damaging winds are expected across the Republic of Ireland.

Floodwater bursts River Severn banks

There is an amber warning for winds of 80mph or higher in Galway, Mayo, Clare and Kerry. Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo will also experience strong winds later on Saturday.

The Environment Agency has said flooding along parts of the River Severn is expected to last until at least Sunday.

Water is two metres deep in some areas and there have been emergency evacuations in the Shropshire town of Ironbridge after some defences buckled.

A severe "danger to life" flood warning covers the River Seven at the Wharfage in Ironbridge, while 82 flood warnings and 125 flood alerts were in place on Thursday afternoon across England and Wales.

The storm has been named by the Spanish Meteorological Service which is part of the southwest Europe storm naming group.

It is convention for all of the other countries' meteorological services to then use that name when referring to the weather system.

The Spanish meteorological service @AEMET_Esp has named an area of low pressure #StormJorge



It will bring wet & very windy weather to the UK over the #weekend with up to 60mph gusts inland



Weather warnings are in force, keep up to date with the forecast ⚠️



Stay #WeatherAware pic.twitter.com/A9WVErXy25 — Met Office (@metoffice) February 27, 2020

The next UK storm name would have been Ellen.

The Met Office has confirmed that this month is already the second wettest February on record.

Total average rainfall across the UK from 1 to 25 February was 179.3mm - more than the 175.2mm measured in 2002, which was previously ranked as the second wettest February.

The figure to beat is 193.4mm, which was set in February 1990.

Four more days of data - 26 to 29 Feb - will need to be combined with the current total of 179.3mm before the Met Office can publish a provisional figure for the entire month.

Some areas have seen a month's rain in just 24 hours.

Teams have put up more than 6km of temporary flood barriers across the country after weeks of bad weather. More than 34,184 properties have been protected by the defences.