{"id":684109,"date":"2026-01-09T08:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/684109\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:49:12","slug":"storm-goretti-live-tens-of-thousands-left-without-power-as-travel-disruption-expected-across-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/684109\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Goretti live: Tens of thousands left without power as travel disruption expected across UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Think about your journey, do you really need to make it now?’ – AA presidentpublished at 06:51 GMT<\/p>\n

06:51 GMT<\/p>\n

\"AImage source, Getty Images<\/p>\n

Storm Goretti has created \u201cpretty treacherous driving
\nconditions, particularly in Wales, the East and West Midlands and into
\nYorkshire” says the president of the AA, Edmund King, who has been
\nspeaking to 5 Live Breakfast.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a combination of wind overnight and now we\u2019ve got
\nrain, sleet and snow so pretty awful driving conditions” he says.<\/p>\n

Noting that there are road closures in both Cornwall and
\nWales, King says in those affected areas, he would advise people to “think
\nabout your journey, do you really need to make the journey now? Because
\nconditions will ease up after 09:00”.<\/p>\n

King recommends bringing windscreen wash, checking your
\ntyres are in good condition, ensuring your phone is charged and packing water
\nand warm clothes.<\/p>\n

“If you are going out, make sure you\u2019re prepared”
\nhe says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Think about your journey, do you really need to make it now?’ – AA presidentpublished at 06:51 GMT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-684109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115864283744545328","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684109","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=684109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}