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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Izzie Addison

Storms Austen and Boelo to bring strong gusts and heavy downpours

A family walks amongst empty picnic tables during bad weather (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Archive)

The UK is braced for “damaging” winds and heavy downpours with two named storms expected to wreak disruption on Friday and over the weekend.

Storm Austen, the first named storm of the season, could bring gusts of up to 80mph to parts of south-west England, with 60-70mph winds expected widely in the region.

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