Now Britain faces chaos from tail-end of battering

BRITAIN could be hit by the aftermath of the worst hurricanes to hit the US and the Caribbean for almost a decade.

The UK may now have to brace for its own extreme weather, with the possibility of up to three hurricanes or tropical storms hitting the country over the next few months.

Impact

AccuWeather forecaster Tyler Roys said: “The British Isles dodged the impact of former tropical Atlantic systems last autumn but runs a risk of one to three tropical systems this season. People should be aware of travel disruption and the risk of flooded roads.”

MeteoGroup forecaster Alexi Venerus said: “The hurricane season is revving up.

“Later in the season could see tropical storms fed into the jet stream to move across the Atlantic and affect the UK.”

But the Met Office said the storms will not be as powerful as those that have hit the US and the Caribbean in the past few weeks – the worst hurricane season for seven years, according to the US Government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Its forecaster Helen Roberts said: “We have often got the remnants of hurricanes coming across the Atlantic to the UK. But when they reach us they are very different beasts.”

Britain has already been hit by a hurricane this season after Hurricane Gert crossed the Atlantic and battered parts of the North last month.

Warnings

Warnings have been given that winds of up to 70mph are set to hit parts of the UK.

The Met Office issued severe weather alerts for the next three days. Wales and the South-west are set to face the worst of the bad weather before the storms move north.