The Avon and Somerset Local Resilience Forum has declared Storm Eunice a major incident due to the potential for severe disruption.
The Met Office has issued a red weather warning for extremely strong winds between 7am and midday on Friday, February 18 and the Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for Severn Beach, as well as flood alerts for Porlock Weir, along the Severn between Avonmouth and Sharpness and along the Avon into Bristol.
The storm has the potential to cause significant disruption and dangerous conditions along the length of the west coast of Somerset, through the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary into Gloucestershire.