The federal government issued an emergency “danger to life” alert introduced on by Storm Darragh this morning, after the Met Workplace introduced a uncommon pink warning for wind in elements of Wales and South West England.

Individuals have been urged to keep away from driving and “keep indoors if you happen to can”, with over 20,000 houses at the moment with out energy and winds of as much as 92mph recorded in North Wales in a single day.

Roads across the nation have been shut, together with the Prince of Wales bridge, M4 and the Severn Bridge, M48, the QEII Bridge at Dartford Crossing and the A5 within the West Midlands because of the excessive climate circumstances.

The climate warning is in place from 3am to 11pm as we speak, with a separate amber warning protecting most the UK’s west coast from southern Scotland to Cornwall and Northern Eire in place till 9pm.

Storm Darragh can be inflicting important issues throughout the nation’s railway strains, with Community Rail Wales suspending all providers west of Cardiff on account of timber on the road.

And disruption can be anticipated on different networks, with Nationwide Rail urging prospects to examine their journey instantly earlier than setting off and Chiltern Railways urging individuals to solely journey if completely obligatory.

Chiltern Railways will likely be working a diminished timetable amid as we speak’s dangerous climate, with “important disruption” anticipated for nearly all providers. Prospects with tickets for Saturday will be capable to use them on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday as a substitute, the operator has mentioned.

Alongside network-wide cancellations, some delays and disruption are anticipated on London Northwestern and West Midlands Railway routes. Bushes blocking the road are additionally inflicting delays to South Western Railway providers together with between Salisbury and Tisbury and Farnham and Aldershot.

A spokesperson for Nationwide Rail mentioned: “We strongly advise you to keep away from travelling if you happen to can. Trains are working, however there’s main disruption, and you could be closely delayed or expertise extreme overcrowding.”

Passengers can examine whether or not they are going to be impacted on the journey planner. In case your prepare has been cancelled or delayed, you could be entitled to compensation – discover out right here.

– Avanti West Coast providers between Holyhead and Chester have been suspended with no rail substitute transport offered.

– An object “caught on the overhead electrical wires” in Wolverhampton has precipitated delays and cancellations till round 12pm.

– A diminished timetable of 1 prepare per hour is working on every route throughout Chiltern Railways all day on Saturday.

– CrossCountry providers from Edinburgh to Glasgow Central/Aberdeen, Newcastle to Studying, Cambridge and Stansted Airport and Gloucester and Cardiff Central have been cancelled.

– Nice Western Railway providers have been suspended on the next routes: Cardiff and Carmarthen, Exeter St Davids and Barnstaple/Okehampton, Liskeard and Looe, Plymouth and Gunnislake/Penzance, St Erth and St Ives, Truro and Falmouth Docks and Twyford and Henley-on-Thames.

– Harm from a fallen tree is inflicting delays and cancellations on Northern providers between Liverpool Lime Road and Warrington Central.

– Scotrail routes between Aberdeen and Inverurie and between Inverness and Elgin have been suspended.

– The strains between Shrewsbury and Chester/Birmingham Worldwide are additionally closed all day as we speak.