The UK is heading for a stormy Autumn as Amy looks set to make the summer sun a distant memory with gales and rain giving us a soggy and windy week in September Britain will be battered by our first Autumn storm (file) (Image: PA)
Storm Amy threatens to become Britain’s first named tempest of autumn this week – as a trio of torments bring 65mph gales , four inches of rain and 20ft waves.
Gusts pushing 50mph are due on Tuesday in the west , with 55mph winds on Friday in the north and a 65mph battering from a 500 mile-wide Atlantic storm on Sunday (September 14) in the south.
Forecasters said Amy could be named as a utumn gets off to a roaring start .
Four inches of rain is due this week in the west, with an inch for many other parts, amid localised flooding ris