Britain was under strong wind warnings, including a tornado watch, as a winter storm swept over the country on Sunday, bringing potential “danger to life” in some areas, the authorities said.
The Meteorological Office, Britain’s national weather service, issued a rarely used warning concerning the storm, Isha. Wind gusts between 59 and 79 miles per hour and possibly 90 m.p.h. were forecast for Sunday afternoon and Monday across Britain, including in Capel Curig in Wales and Killowen in Ireland, the weather office said.
“It is rather unusual in bringing impacts to most of the U.K.,” Grahame Madge, a spokesman for the weather service, also known as the Met Office, said.
Several parts of Britain had recorded winds in excess of 60 miles per hour on Sunday and the strong winds were expected to continue overnight, he said.
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