Storm Amy: First named storm set to batter UK with 80mph winds

Amy will move to the north-west of the United Kingdom bringing gusts up to 80mph (129 km/h). Gales are expected widely with heavy rain.

Met Office yellow severe weather warnings for wind have been issued from 16:00 Friday to 23:59 BST Saturday, although Doncaster is not currently in the alert zone.

There is the possibility of damage and transport disruption into the weekend, the Met Office has said.

Thursday will bring a spell of wet and windy weather across Northern Ireland, Scotland and western parts of England and Wales.

Rain spreads in from the west, turning particularly heavy in western Scotland where there's a yellow Met Office warning in force until midnight.

Rainfall totals will be building with 30-50mm (1-2in) widely but up to 80mm (3in) in the north-west and over high ground.

Things will get stormier across the UK on Friday, when the tail end of Hurricane Humberto heads towards the UK.

Just ahead of Humberto a deep area of low pressure will develop. Though it will contain remnants of the tropical storm, it will be a separate weather system. This is why the Met Office has decided to name it Storm Amy and not retain the name Humberto.

Storms can be named by either the Met Office, Met Éireann or the Netherlands weather service KNMI when impacts are forecast to be "medium" to "high".

During Friday afternoon Storm Amy will move close to Scotland with heavy rain and strong winds building across the UK leading to significant impacts for some.

Widespread gusts of 50-60mph (80 - 96 km/h) will be likely within the warning area but may reach up to 70mph (113 km/h) in some places for a time.

Exposed coasts and hills in northern and western Scotland could experience gusts as high as 80mph (129 km/h).

The most destructive winds will ease during Saturday morning but it will remain very windy through the day.

Heavy rain will also sweep across the UK during Friday and lead to some localised flooding in parts.