A 'major incident' has been declared, a 'red' weather warning is in place and flooding is expected ahead of Storm Eunice hitting Bristol tomorrow (Friday, February 18).
According to the Met Office forecast, wind gusts will be at their strongest in the city at around 10am tomorrow, where they will rise to some 63mph. However from 8am gusts will soar from 43mph to 50mph and will continue to be above 30mph until midnight.
Wind speeds will then pick up again between 12pm and 9pm on Saturday, with highs of 42mph gusts. In Avonmouth, where the brunt of the storm looks set to hit hardest, wind gusts will jump from 50mph to 60mph between 8am and 9am, before soaring to 64mph between 10am and 12pm, when they will begin to fall.