Weather experts have downgraded a wind warning for Manchester tonight.

A red alert warning - which means there is a risk to life - has no longer been issued for the city with the worst of the wind now set to just miss Manchester.

But an amber warning is still in place, with the city still set to be hit by 70mph gusts until around midnight.

The conditions are creating some dramatic weather charts and satellite images - see the gallery below:

Met Office spokesperson Laura Young said: "The red warning was going to apply to Greater Manchester but it looks like it will now just miss.

"But there will still be winds up 60mph to 70mph and all our advice about taking care still stands.

"An amber warning applies until midnight."

A red alert for other parts of the north west is still in place with areas in Lancashire and Merseyside set to bear the brunt of the winds, with gusts of up to 100mph expected to batter coastal regions.

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