but everyone still on high alert. stay safe, john, thanks. let s take you to south wales now and thomas morgan who was in porthcawl. we have been looking at some of the images where you are under wind is picking up right now. they are, at high tide here within they are, you can see the water behind me, the waves offering protection. looking quite angry but the wind is slightly slower than originally predicted but the red warning hasjust originally predicted but the red warning has just come originally predicted but the red warning hasjust come into originally predicted but the red warning has just come into effect in the last 15 minutes so it will now last until midday so you might see this picking up and with high tide within the hour, this might get stronger again. a number of protections have been put in place across wales to mitigate protections from the storm, what is significant
a stunning night for rangers in europe. they score [i in a thrilling win at german giants it s friday, february 18th. our main story: millions of people have been told to stay at home as one of the worst storms in decades hits the uk. there are warnings of flying debris, damage to homes, power cuts and major travel disruption. a rare red weather alert has been issued for the south west of england and south wales, meaning gusts could reach up to 90 miles per hour. there are also ten severe flood warnings in place. later this morning, that danger to life zone will be extended to parts of the south east of england, including london. there s also an amber warning for wind across much of england and wales, while there are less severe alerts for wind and snow in much of scotland, the north of england and northern ireland. the storm is impacting travel and transport too. all train services in wales have been suspended.
of trees and other debris on the tracks that needed clearing and other damage that needed to be fixed and a number of train companies today were telling people, please don t travel, including south western railway and the great western railway and the great western railway and greater anglia. it looks like there could be further disruption into tomorrow with those weather warnings in place, great western railway says there will be a speed restriction across its network, and also if trains and delays and cancellations could be expected. also fewer trains. they say don t travel unless necessary. trains can be expected to be busy and generally the advice is still to check before you travel. katy austin, thanks forjoining us. a french modelling agent, who was a close associate of paedophilejeffrey epstein, has been found dead in his prison cell in paris. 76 year old jean luc brunel was facing rape, sexual assault
control centre in the west midlands where they expect widespread disruption through the day. there will be disruption on the trains and planes. the advice is don t have travel if you don t have time. under peak winds will be tracking across the uk and there will be snow in scotland. a stunning night for rangers in europe. they score four in a thrilling win at german giants borussia dortmund, to put them on top in their europa league tie. it s friday, february 18th. our main story: millions of people have been told to stay at home as one of the worst storms in decades hits the uk. there are warnings of flying debris, damage to homes, power cuts and major travel disruption. a rare red weather alert has been issued for the south west of england and south wales, meaning gusts could reach up to 90 miles per hour. there are also ten severe flood warnings in place. later this morning, that danger to life zone will be extended to parts of the south east
airport because your flight may have been affected. gatwick site there will be disruption to their northern terminal in the manchester airport group say they expect disruptions to flights especially domestic ones. i want to chat with coral because he is keeping a live ion cases. there are about 67 when we arrived. he has his list open and his map of where disruptions are. what do you do on a day like today, how do you prepare? we try to plan for as many breakdowns as possible. it s hard to predict breakdowns as possible. it s hard to predict but breakdowns as possible. it s hard to predict but we try to put the main areas predict but we try to put the main areas where warnings have been in place areas where warnings have been in place and areas where warnings have been in place and cover there is so bristol and swindon we have volume in, it s ust and swindon we have volume in, it s just a and swindon we have volume in, it s just a case and swindon we have volume in, it s