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75mph Zeta to batter Britain

THEN COMES FROST

- By Emma Parker ■ by EMMA PARKER news@ dailystar. co. uk

BRITAIN is to be battered by 75mph gales and torrential rain as the tail end of tropical storm Zeta roars in.

BRITAIN will be battered

Temperatur­es by 75mph gales across and torrential England are set to plunge

caster Luke Miall said recent rain as the tail end below zero as we wave goodbye mild temperatur­es to Autumn are just down of storm Zeta roars in. to “tropical air still with the

as the winter lockdown comes into force.

Heavy downpours will blast system” that is “very moist”,

The Met Office predicts a major U- turn in the in today and tomorrow but forcing temperatur­es up. then the temperatur­e across He also warned that gales

country’s weather system this week following an England is set to drop below could cause potential power 0C on Thursday. cuts in north- west England

“unusually warm” October.

The Weather Outlook has and the west coast of Wales Heavy warned downpours there could even will be hit down today to and Cardiff. tomorrow lows of - 3C in some areas. Mr Miall said: “Some of that

while thermomete­rs will drop below 0C on

The cold snap means tropical air is still within the

Thursday. Bonfire Night could be one of system. It has travelled a long the chilliest on record. way across the Atlantic over

The Weather Outlook has warned there could

The Weather said: cool waters before reaching

even be chilly lows of - 3C in some areas.

“It look like a frosty Bonfire the UK but it’s very, very moist Night on Thursday which air, so that’s why it’s putting

The cold snap means Bonfire Night could be one would be a big change after temperatur­es up overnight.” many mild ones in recent He added: “We’re moving

of the chilliest on record. years. from wet and windy to clear, The “Southern Weather Britain Outlook could see said: cold, “It crisp look and like frosty it looks weather.” below 0C.” Met Office fore

like a frosty Bonfire Night on Thursday, which

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BIG HITTER: Waves hit Porthcawl, Bridgend

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