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| Storm Doris 'weather bomb': 94mph winds, travel chaos and snow – live updates | Storm Doris 'weather bomb': 94mph winds, travel chaos and snow – live updates |
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| 5.56pm GMT | |
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| If you’re yet to contemplate the agony of your commute home, National Rail has a useful page to help you figure it out that includes links to information about affected journeys across the country. 22 train operating companies are affected - out of 26 in total. | |
| 5.42pm GMT | |
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| Photographer Simon Paul Felton posts a picture he took at Birmingham New Street station, where some trains are now running but delays continue. | |
| Not seen @NetworkRailBHM this busy since @atGrandCentral & station opened. #stormdoris travel disruption. pic.twitter.com/oJPzOmlG4K | |
| 5.24pm GMT | 5.24pm GMT |
| 17:24 | 17:24 |
| David Fleming, an 18-year-old from Perth, posted this video after what he said was a crash landing at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. The airport’s official account tweeted that a Flybe flight’s landing gear had collapsed during touchdown and added that no one had been injured. Earlier the airport had warned of delays because of strong winds, but it didn’t make any explicit connection between the Flybe plane’s problems and the weather. | David Fleming, an 18-year-old from Perth, posted this video after what he said was a crash landing at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. The airport’s official account tweeted that a Flybe flight’s landing gear had collapsed during touchdown and added that no one had been injured. Earlier the airport had warned of delays because of strong winds, but it didn’t make any explicit connection between the Flybe plane’s problems and the weather. |
| Crash landing @Schiphol Edinburgh to Amsterdam Flight BE1284 @BBCScotlandNews @BBCBreaking @SkyNews @STVNews @flybe @airlivenet #StormDoris pic.twitter.com/U25HzBdxf3 | Crash landing @Schiphol Edinburgh to Amsterdam Flight BE1284 @BBCScotlandNews @BBCBreaking @SkyNews @STVNews @flybe @airlivenet #StormDoris pic.twitter.com/U25HzBdxf3 |
| 5.12pm GMT | 5.12pm GMT |
| 17:12 | 17:12 |
| Things should be getting at least a little calmer soon: as we head into Thursday evening and Storm Doris moves out into the North Sea, the winds will begin to decrease, according to Met Office meteorologist Emma Sharples. | Things should be getting at least a little calmer soon: as we head into Thursday evening and Storm Doris moves out into the North Sea, the winds will begin to decrease, according to Met Office meteorologist Emma Sharples. |
| “Then the focus turns more to it turning cold, frosty and icy overnight with wintry showers around as well,” she said. | “Then the focus turns more to it turning cold, frosty and icy overnight with wintry showers around as well,” she said. |
| 4.47pm GMT | 4.47pm GMT |
| 16:47 | 16:47 |
| Storm Doris wasn’t enough to keep one man from running naked through the streets of Sheffield today, the Derry Journal reports. No explanation has apparently been found so far to explain the man’s stunt. | Storm Doris wasn’t enough to keep one man from running naked through the streets of Sheffield today, the Derry Journal reports. No explanation has apparently been found so far to explain the man’s stunt. |
| 4.43pm GMT | 4.43pm GMT |
| 16:43 | 16:43 |
| Virgin Trains East Coast services are said to be severely disrupted by Storm Doris. Their trains across the whole East Coast are expected to be cancelled or delayed by up to 100 minutes. Commuters have been advised not to travel today and told their tickets will be valid for use on tomorrow’s trains. | Virgin Trains East Coast services are said to be severely disrupted by Storm Doris. Their trains across the whole East Coast are expected to be cancelled or delayed by up to 100 minutes. Commuters have been advised not to travel today and told their tickets will be valid for use on tomorrow’s trains. |
| Other services are having similar problems. | Other services are having similar problems. |
| ⚠️ #StormDoris - Services across the whole network may be cancelled or delayed by up to 90 mins. Disruption expected til the end of the day | ⚠️ #StormDoris - Services across the whole network may be cancelled or delayed by up to 90 mins. Disruption expected til the end of the day |
| Southeastern trains from London Blackfriars will be starting from London Victoria tonight because of disruption caused by #StormDoris pic.twitter.com/mUyGqJLj7c | Southeastern trains from London Blackfriars will be starting from London Victoria tonight because of disruption caused by #StormDoris pic.twitter.com/mUyGqJLj7c |
| 4.41pm GMT | 4.41pm GMT |
| 16:41 | 16:41 |
| ITV’s Damon Green takes on Doris. | ITV’s Damon Green takes on Doris. |
| Just go home mate. We know it's windy #stormdoris #blownaway pic.twitter.com/JM8Wla2Fio | Just go home mate. We know it's windy #stormdoris #blownaway pic.twitter.com/JM8Wla2Fio |
| 4.25pm GMT | 4.25pm GMT |
| 16:25 | 16:25 |
| Trampolines across the UK are finally escaping from the iron grip of their owners. | Trampolines across the UK are finally escaping from the iron grip of their owners. |
| Meanwhile, in Liverpool... "I'm free! Help, save me!" #StormDoris pic.twitter.com/0I4ukcBclM | Meanwhile, in Liverpool... "I'm free! Help, save me!" #StormDoris pic.twitter.com/0I4ukcBclM |
| 4.06pm GMT | 4.06pm GMT |
| 16:06 | 16:06 |
| Not the most ideal conditions to be learning to drive in. | Not the most ideal conditions to be learning to drive in. |
| This driving instructor had a VERY lucky escape from #StormDoris https://t.co/Xi8KdBCbBb pic.twitter.com/OSEUAArv31 | This driving instructor had a VERY lucky escape from #StormDoris https://t.co/Xi8KdBCbBb pic.twitter.com/OSEUAArv31 |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 4.07pm GMT | at 4.07pm GMT |
| 4.05pm GMT | 4.05pm GMT |
| 16:05 | 16:05 |
| Earlier this afternoon, the wind toppled a double-decker bus onto its side in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire at around 1pm, an East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said. Paramedics assessed 15 people at the scene on Lynn Road but no-one involved is believed to be in a serious or life-threatening condition. | Earlier this afternoon, the wind toppled a double-decker bus onto its side in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire at around 1pm, an East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said. Paramedics assessed 15 people at the scene on Lynn Road but no-one involved is believed to be in a serious or life-threatening condition. |
| A man is thought to have been injured by a section of falling debris near Cardinal Place shopping centre in Victoria, central London. Paramedics and police were at the scene, which was close to a new entrance to London Underground on Victoria Street. | A man is thought to have been injured by a section of falling debris near Cardinal Place shopping centre in Victoria, central London. Paramedics and police were at the scene, which was close to a new entrance to London Underground on Victoria Street. |