Storm Claudio Met Office weather warning hits Wales with torrential rain and heavy winds - live updates

Bands of showers and wind are hitting Wales today as Storm Claudio moves from France to southern UK. The southern coast of England could see gusts around 60mph, with a few isolated coastal areas having a chance of gusts in excess of 70mph for most of today, Tuesday November 1.

A Yellow warning has been issued for wind, which is valid until 8am on Tuesday morning. In addition to the high winds in the south, in the early hours of the morning it has been a fairly wet night for much of England and Wales, as the rain continues a gradual move to the northeast through the night.

Meanwhile, the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of Wales for tomorrow - Wednesday, November 2, with a spell of very windy weather is expected to affect Irish Sea coastal areas in Wales.

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Gusts of 55-65 mph are expected, especially in exposed coastal locations, with some sudden strong gusts of wind possible at times. Some further heavy rain is also likely during Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the Met Office said: "A spell of very strong southerly or southwesterly winds will affect some western coastal areas during Wednesday.

"Gusts of 55-65 mph are expected, especially in exposed coastal locations, with some sudden strong gusts of wind possible at times. Some further heavy rain is also likely during Wednesday, especially across parts of SW Scotland, Cumbria and W Wales."