Storm Babet: Friday's hour-by-hour Met Office forecast for every borough in Greater Manchester

Storm Babet is set to bring heavy rain to Greater Manchester and the rest of the UK over the next couple of days.

An amber weather alert for rain - which warns of a potential risk to life and property - has been issued for parts of the region from midday on Friday to 6am on Saturday.

A yellow warning of rain covers the whole of Greater Manchester from midnight on Thursday to 6am on Saturday.

Meanwhile, a part of Scotland has been issued a rare red weather warning where many will see "exceptional rainfall and impactful wind" which could present a significant 'danger to life'. The red warning is the first to be issued since Storm Dennis in February 2020 and will come into force from 6pm today (Ocober 19) and will last until 12pm tomorrow.

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Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said: “We’re going to see prolonged heavy rain, where we could see 200 to 250 millimetres of rain falling within a day which is well over a month’s worth of rainfall for eastern parts of Scotland. We’re likely to see flooding, power disruption, travel disruption, there is a risk to life as well. T

"There’s also an amber wind warning out for eastern parts of Scotland, where we could see gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour, just adding to the extremely dangerous weather coming for parts of Scotland.”

Here's a breakdown of the forecast for each borough of Greater Manchester while Storm Babet batters large parts of the UK.