Britain faces more strong winds as Storm Herminia rolls in

More high winds and heavy rain are expected on Sunday as a new storm approaches Britain.

The warning came as a 19-year-old man was confirmed to have died after being struck by a tree while driving in East Ayrshire on Friday during Storm Éwyn. He is the second death in the storm, after a 20-year-old man died in County Donegal, Ireland on Friday.

Strong winds lashed the south-west of England on Sunday, with Presdenac in South Cornwall recording gusts of 80mph from the new storm, named Herminia.

The Met Office issued four yellow weather warnings, saying injuries and “danger to life” were a possibility.

BBC Weather said Storm Herminia was named by the Spanish weather service Agência Estadio de Meteorología (AEMET) on Friday and is now closing in on the UK.

Forecasters said the storm brought a greater risk of disruptive weather, particularly across the southern half of Britain, which largely escaped Éowyn.

The Met Office has issued three yellow weather warnings for wind and one for heavy rain on Sunday.

The first for wind covers parts of Cornwall and South Devon, where gusts of 55mph (88.5 km/h) to 65mph are expected in most areas. Gusts up to 75mph are possible in coastal and mountainous areas.

A second warning of wind speeds of 50mph to 60mph inland and 70mph on the coast for south-west England, Wales, the Midlands and much of the north west coast, including parts of Merseyside and Lancashire.

“The south-west certainly bears the brunt this time in terms of the most unresolved conditions,” said Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Watre.

“The first half of next week is still very volatile.

“This is something that people certainly need to be careful about, and still be taking care of, as we head into Sunday and also at the start of the new working week – the risk of localized flooding, further flying debris and Travel disruption is possible as a result of all this.”

Heavy rain will also move across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland on Sunday, with between 10 and 20 mm (about an inch) of rain expected to fall.

Another band of rain will move across England and Wales overnight, increasing the risk of flooding as the ground is already saturated.

“Given the recent heavy rainfall, this additional rainfall may cause some local surface water and river flooding,” Mr Watre said.

Meanwhile, about 101,000 customers were still without power following the devastation caused to the power network on Sunday.

A yellow weather warning for wind and a yellow warning for snow and ice will be in place across Northern Ireland on Sunday.

It comes two days after Éwyn brought winds of more than 90mph to Northern Ireland.

“Given the ongoing recovery work following Storm Éowyn, impacts may be more widespread than usual with winds of this strength,” the Met Office said.

At the height of the storm, almost a million properties were without power across the British Isles, while many road and rail links were blocked.