Fresh weather warnings for wind and rain issued after weekend of battering from Storm Eowyn

Fresh weather warnings for heavy rain and wind have been issued for parts of England and Wales by the Met Office after a weekend of battering by Storm Eowyn.

Following miserable weekend weather which saw record wind speeds of 114mph as Storm Eowyn swept through the UK, new warnings have been put in place as the low pressure that caused Spanish-named Storm Herminia arrives.

A warning for periods of heavy rain that could cause some flooding of roads and properties was in place for the West Midlands and most of Wales until 11.59pm on Monday, with the Met Office predicting 20mm to 40mm to fall quite widely and 50mm to 70mm on higher ground.

A yellow warning for rain was also in place in London as well as the southeast and southwest of England until 10am Tuesday.

A yellow wind warning is in place for the east of England, London and the southeast, the southwest of England and Wales until 6am Tuesday.

It comes after Storm Eowyn wreaked havoc in different parts of the UK and Ireland, with the Met Office issuing a swathe of red warnings as record wind speeds were recorded.

Hundreds of thousands lost power after Storm Eowyn hit on Friday, bringing hurricane-force winds to parts of Ireland and the UK.

Around 65,000 homes and businesses remain without power in Northern Ireland following Storm Eowyn, NIE Networks has said, but supply has been restored to 220,000 customers so far.

Ten schools in the region remain closed on Monday due to storm damage, with around 80 schools still without power.

Two men aged 19 and 20 died in two separate incidents relating to Storm Eowyn.

The 19-year-old died after his car was struck by a falling tree in Mauchline, East Ayrshire, on Friday morning,

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Kacper Dudek, 20, died in County Donegal, Ireland, on Friday morning when a tree fell on his car.

While not as powerful as Storm Eowyn, Storm Herminia was named by meteorologists in Spain as it formed in the north Atlantic. It was expected to bring strong winds as it headed toward the UK.

Monday is expected to see showers, turning heavy in the south alongside strong, gale-force winds, with snow on the hills in the north, the Met Office said.

Gales are expected to pick up in the far north.