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Rare red weather warning issued for parts of UK – see if your area is affected

Published 15:01 8 Jan 2026 GMT

Updated 15:02 8 Jan 2026 GMT

Harry Warner
Rare red weather warning issued for parts of UK – see if your area is affected

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Track Storm Goretti's progress here

A rare red weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for parts of the UK as Storm Goretti approaches.

The French-named storm has been talked about lots in the past few days, with it making landfall today.

Initially a number of yellow and amber warnings had been issued for across the UK, warning of snow, ice, rain and wind with many of these warnings stretching into Friday.

Now, the Met Office has just issued a rare red warning in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly for strong winds between the times of 16:00 and 23:00.

Gusts of up to 100mph are expected and could even surpass this ceiling figure.

The Met Office says a red warning means:

  • Damage to buildings and homes, with roofs blown off and power lines brought down. Flying debris resulting in danger to life.
  • Roads, bridges and railway lines closed, with delays and cancellations to bus, train, ferry services and flights
  • Power cuts affecting other services, such as mobile phone coverage
  • Very large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, sea fronts and homes

People in these areas are advised to stay indoors during this time period and to stay away from coastal areas.

Storm Goretti is an example of a 'weather bomb' - this is where pressure falls by 24 hPa within 24 hours.

However, this coupled with the cold weather brought on Arctic winds means that Goretti is more of a snowstorm rather than any old storm.

You can track Storm Goretti's progress below:

The full list of warnings are as follows.

Amber - Snow (20:00-09:00 Friday):

East Midlands

  • Derby
  • Derbyshire
  • Leicester
  • Leicestershire
  • Northamptonshire
  • Nottingham
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Rutland

South West England

  • Gloucestershire

Wales

  • Blaenau Gwent
  • Caerphilly
  • Carmarthenshire
  • Ceredigion
  • Conwy
  • Denbighshire
  • Gwynedd
  • Merthyr Tydfil
  • Monmouthshire
  • Powys
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Torfaen
  • Wrexham

West Midlands

  • Herefordshire
  • Shropshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Telford and Wrekin
  • Warwickshire
  • West Midlands Conurbation
  • Worcestershire

Yorkshire & Humber

  • South Yorkshire
  • West Yorkshire

Yellow - Snow (17:00-12:00 Friday):

  • Derby
  • Derbyshire
  • Leicester
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Northamptonshire
  • Nottingham
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Rutland

East of England

  • Bedford
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Central Bedfordshire
  • Hertfordshire
  • Luton
  • Peterborough

London & South East England

  • Buckinghamshire
  • Milton Keynes
  • Oxfordshire
  • West Berkshire

North East England

  • Durham
  • Northumberland

North West England

  • Cheshire East
  • Cumbria
  • Greater Manchester
  • Lancashire

South West England

  • Bath and North East Somerset
  • Bristol
  • Gloucestershire
  • North Somerset
  • Somerset
  • South Gloucestershire
  • Swindon
  • Wiltshire

Wales

  • Blaenau Gwent
  • Bridgend
  • Caerphilly
  • Cardiff
  • Carmarthenshire
  • Ceredigion
  • Conwy
  • Denbighshire
  • Flintshire
  • Gwynedd
  • Merthyr Tydfil
  • Monmouthshire
  • Neath Port Talbot
  • Newport
  • Pembrokeshire
  • Powys
  • Rhondda Cynon Taf
  • Torfaen
  • Wrexham

West Midlands

  • Herefordshire
  • Shropshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • Telford and Wrekin
  • Warwickshire
  • West Midlands Conurbation
  • Worcestershire

Yorkshire & Humber

  • North Yorkshire
  • South Yorkshire
  • West Yorkshire

Yellow - Snow and Ice (20:00-12:00 Friday):

Central, Tayside & Fife

  • Angus
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Dundee
  • Falkirk
  • Fife
  • Perth and Kinross
  • Stirling

Grampian

  • Aberdeen
  • Aberdeenshire
  • Moray

Highlands & Eilean Siar

  • Na h-Eileanan Siar
  • Highland

North East England

  • Darlington
  • Durham
  • Gateshead
  • Hartlepool
  • Middlesbrough
  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • North Tyneside
  • Northumberland
  • Redcar and Cleveland
  • South Tyneside
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Sunderland

North West England

  • Cumbria

Orkney & Shetland

  • Orkney Islands
  • Shetland Islands

SW Scotland, Lothian Borders

  • Dumfries and Galloway
  • East Lothian
  • Edinburgh
  • Midlothian Council
  • Scottish Borders
  • West Lothian

Strathclyde

  • East Ayrshire
  • East Dunbartonshire
  • East Renfrewshire
  • Glasgow
  • North Lanarkshire
  • South Lanarkshire

Yorkshire & Humber

  • North Yorkshire

Yellow - Rain (18:00-21:00 Friday):

East Midlands

  • Lincolnshire

East of England

  • Cambridgeshire
  • Norfolk
  • Peterborough
  • Suffolk

Yorkshire & Humber

  • North East Lincolnshire
  • North Lincolnshire

Yellow - Wind (15:00-08:00 Friday):

London & South East England

  • Brighton and Hove
  • East Sussex
  • Hampshire
  • Isle of Wight
  • Kent
  • Portsmouth
  • Southampton
  • West Sussex

South West England

  • Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Isles of Scilly
  • Plymouth
  • Somerset
  • Torbay

Wales

  • Ceredigion
  • Pembrokeshire
  • Swansea
Red warning issued for parts of UK - see if your area is affected