Overview
- The Met Office issued a rare red wind warning for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from 4pm to 11pm, and the Cabinet Office sent two Emergency Alerts to compatible phones in those areas.
- Gusts hit 99mph at St Mary’s Airport on the Isles of Scilly, a site record, with 80–100mph forecast in exposed parts of the far southwest.
- National Grid reported more than 47,000 properties without power in southwest England by around 9pm, with additional outages in the West Midlands and Wales.
- Network Rail suspended all trains in Cornwall from 6pm and warned of ongoing disruption on Friday, with no replacement road transport due to hazardous conditions.
- An amber snow warning signals 10–30cm across parts of Wales, the Midlands and the Peak District into Friday, as Goretti also drives evacuations and weather-related deaths in the Balkans and brings severe conditions to France and Germany.