{"id":309555,"date":"2025-08-01T15:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309555\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:14:16","slug":"power-cuts-could-hit-68-towns-and-cities-across-uk-from-6am-monday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309555\/","title":{"rendered":"Power cuts could hit 68 towns and cities across UK from 6am Monday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Power outages are being warned for swathes of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as Storm Floris hits the UK.\"PowerPower cuts could hit 68 towns and cities across UK from 6am Monday morning<\/p>\n

Power cuts could hit 68 towns and cities across UK from 6am on Monday morning.<\/a> Power outages are being warned for swathes of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as Storm Floris hits the UK.<\/p>\n

The Met Office says:<\/a> “Some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs, could happen. Injuries and danger to life from flying debris are possible. Power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage.<\/p>\n

“Injuries and danger to life could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties. Some roads and bridges may close.<\/p>\n

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“Road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected, with longer journey times and cancellations possible.”<\/p>\n

According to forecasters, Floris is set to bring “unseasonably strong winds” to the UK on Monday, along with “heavy rain”.<\/p>\n

Northern areas of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are set to be the worst-hit areas, according to the Met Office, with a yellow warning in place.<\/p>\n

The warning is in effect from 6am Monday to 6am Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Regions and local authorities affected according to the Met Office:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Angus<\/p>\n

Clackmannanshire<\/p>\n

Dundee<\/p>\n

Falkirk<\/p>\n

Fife<\/p>\n

Perth and Kinross<\/p>\n

Stirling<\/p>\n

Aberdeen<\/p>\n

Aberdeenshire<\/p>\n

Moray<\/p>\n

Na h-Eileanan Siar<\/p>\n

Highland<\/p>\n

Darlington<\/p>\n

Durham<\/p>\n

Gateshead<\/p>\n

Hartlepool<\/p>\n

Middlesbrough<\/p>\n

Newcastle upon Tyne<\/p>\n

North Tyneside<\/p>\n

Northumberland<\/p>\n

Redcar and Cleveland<\/p>\n

South Tyneside<\/p>\n

Stockton-on-Tees<\/p>\n

Sunderland<\/p>\n

Blackburn with Darwen<\/p>\n

Blackpool<\/p>\n

Cheshire West and Chester<\/p>\n

Cumbria<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester<\/p>\n

Halton<\/p>\n

Lancashire<\/p>\n

Merseyside<\/p>\n

Warrington<\/p>\n

County Antrim<\/p>\n

County Armagh<\/p>\n

County Down<\/p>\n

County Fermanagh<\/p>\n

County Londonderry<\/p>\n

County Tyrone<\/p>\n

Orkney Islands<\/p>\n

Shetland Islands<\/p>\n

Dumfries and Galloway<\/p>\n

East Lothian<\/p>\n

Edinburgh<\/p>\n

Midlothian Council<\/p>\n

Scottish Borders<\/p>\n

West Lothian<\/p>\n

Argyll and Bute<\/p>\n

East Ayrshire<\/p>\n

East Dunbartonshire<\/p>\n

East Renfrewshire<\/p>\n

Glasgow<\/p>\n

Inverclyde<\/p>\n

North Ayrshire<\/p>\n

North Lanarkshire<\/p>\n

Renfrewshire<\/p>\n

South Ayrshire<\/p>\n

South Lanarkshire<\/p>\n

West Dunbartonshire<\/p>\n

Conwy<\/p>\n

Denbighshire<\/p>\n

Flintshire<\/p>\n

Gwynedd<\/p>\n

Isle of Anglesey<\/p>\n

East Riding of Yorkshire<\/p>\n

North Yorkshire<\/p>\n

West Yorkshire<\/p>\n

York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Power outages are being warned for swathes of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as Storm Floris hits…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[497,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-309555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-birmingham-weather","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114954166157378090","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}