Storm Bram named with severe weather warnings for rain and damaging winds

As well as strong winds, Bram will also bring some heavy rain into Tuesday.

In addition to the warnings for wind, there is a yellow Met Office warning for rain across much of Wales and south-west England from 18:00 Monday to 18:00 GMT Tuesday.

20-40mm (0.8-1.6in) of rain is expected widely with up to 80mm (3.2in) over Dartmoor and the higher ground of Wales.

The Met Office suggest there is a small chance of up to 100mm (3.9in) on the more exposed and prone hills.

After weeks of heavy rain at times, with the ground so saturated, there is the risk of further localised flooding.

More yellow weather warnings for rain cover north-west England from midnight to 15:00 GMT Tuesday and central Scotland from 06:00 to 12:00 on Tuesday where there could be a lot of rain falling over a short period of time.

Up to 80mm (3.2in) is expected over the Cumbrian hills in particular which could lead to some flooding.

The main area of rain will clear away to the north-east during Tuesday.

But, rain and strong winds are likely to continue especially across Scotland into Wednesday.

Over the last few months the UK has seen Storm Benjamin and Claudia which were named by France and Spain respectively.

So far we have only experienced one storm named by the UK Met Office and our storm naming group – Storm Amy. That is why we go back to the ‘B’ name – Bram – on the UK, Ireland and Netherlands storm naming list.

The next storm after Bram would be named Chandra if medium or high impacts are expected.