This is the highest warning level and means there is a danger to life and health. Meteorologists warned of storm surge, flooding and strong winds.

The storm rolled toward the coast on Friday morning. On the Isle of Wight, wind gusts of over 54 meters per second were recorded, which may be a new English record.

In comparison, a sustained wind strength of 33 meters per second is considered a hurricane.

– We should all follow advice and take precautions to keep ourselves safe, Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote on Twitter.

In the afternoon reported BBC that part of the roof at London’s O2 arena had been torn off by strong winds.

The streets of the British capital are almost deserted, and many have clearly followed Mayor Sadiq Khan’s call.

– Stay home, don’t take risks, and don’t travel unless absolutely necessary, he wrote on Twitter.

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In Ireland, more than 80,000 homes were extinguished on Friday, and several schools and universities were closed.

In the Ballythomas area, about 90 kilometers southwest of Dublin, a 60-year-old man died when a tree fell on him, police said.

In Scotland, the storm brought heavy snowfall, causing problems on the roads.

Air, rail and road traffic was severely affected. In Wales and West England, all train departures have been cancelled.

Drivers of trucks and motorbikes are asked to avoid bridges to avoid being blown off the highway.

Ferry departures across the English Channel have also been suspended, and problems have arisen in mainland Europe as well. A number of train departures were canceled in Germany, and hundreds of flights to Schiphol airport outside Amsterdam and Heathrow and Gatwick outside London were canceled or delayed.

An EasyJet flight from Bordeaux had to travel back to France after two failed landings at Gatwick.

Denmark is waiting

The storm is expected to hit Denmark on Friday evening, where it has been named Nora. There, the bridge over Storebælt and resund may be closed during high winds, and some train and plane departures may also be delayed or cancelled.

Climate researcher Richard Allan at the University of Reading says there is little evidence that these types of storms are becoming stronger as a result of climate change.

However, the consequences are in many cases worse as sea levels have risen and climate change has increased the risk of extreme rainfall.

(NTB)