According to the hyper local weather watcher, Kilmersdon weather

there is a bit of good news today as the delay in the arrival of the highest wind strengths is allowing the high tide to pass up the Bristol Channel without the major flooding risks that were earlier feared. In case you missed it in terms of travel. UPDATE : Prince of Wales Bridge M4 is OPEN at 08:00 First Bus suspended all bus services in Bristol (including metrobus, Bristol Park & Ride and Airport Flyer), South Gloucestershire and North Somerset until at least 1pm today (Friday 18 February). You can follow the Kilmersdon weather by clicking HERE his social site Other sources of information on Twitter ï¸Weather: @metoffice

Roads: @HighwaysSWEST

ðŸ›ï¸Councils: @NorthSomersetC @BristolCouncil @bathnes @sgloscouncil

Water: @BristolWater @wessexwater

ðŸƒEnviro:@EnvAgencySW

Police:@ASPolice

The bus company, Buses for Somerset, which runs services for Taunton, Bridgwater, Minehead & Yeovil has now (08:00 am ) restarting all routes except the 25, 29, 30 and 99.

The highest Red Alert – meaning a major impact is very likely – was widened shortly before 4am today (February 18) to cover the east of England including London, to run from 10am until 3pm .

History of storms

The so-called Great Storm on October 16 1987 may not have been a hurricane (as one caller to the BBC asked) but killed 18 people.

Winds during that storm peaked at 120mph. Friday 26 January 1990 - A schoolgirl died and four other pupils were injured one critically when a conservatory collapsed at St Brandon's school, Clevedon, near Bristol. An 11-year-old girl died when a roof caved in at Grange Junior School in Swindon, Wiltshire The last red weather warning was for Storm Arwen in November 2021, which caused particular chaos and heartache for north-east England and Scotland. The damage was much worse because, unusually, the winds came from the north. Falling trees damaged power lines, leading to power cuts for about 9,000 people, some without heat and light for more than two weeks during bitterly cold weather. Arwen brought a recorded wind speed of 110mph to Settle in North Yorkshire