Incident Information from WSCC Resilience and Emergencies Team
The Met Office has issued an Amber Warning – Wind for Sunday 9th February 2020. Storm Ciara will bring very strong winds and potentially some disruption to travel throughout Sunday. View the full warning at the Met Office Severe Weather Warning site.The potential impacts of this are:Probably some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs
Longer journey times and cancellations likely, as road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected
- Some roads and bridges likely to close
- Injuries and danger to life is likely from large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, sea fronts and properties
- There is a good chance that power cuts may occur.
Please follow this advice to keep safe and well:
The Met Office website provides clear guidance on what to do before, during and after storms, please visit their website for more information at https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/seasonal-advice/your-home/stay-safe-in-a-storm .For more information go to:
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UK Power Networks delivers electricity to most of Sussex. Please refer to their Storm power cuts information at https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/storm-centre-prepare . Areas to the West may be covered by SSEN who have storm information available at http://news.ssen.co.uk/news/all-articles/2020/february/storm-ciara/
You may not be able to do this during a power cut, so please take note of the emergency phone nos. below.
Please treat electricity cables as live, stay away and call immediately, 24 hours a day on 0800 31 63 105 or 105 (free to call from a land line or a mobile phone). If you see electricity lines that are down or causing significant risk to the public please call 999.