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Storm Austen Brings Gales and Heavy Rain to UK and Ireland

Met Office and Met Éireann warnings cover Storm Austen, the first named storm of the season, as it moves across the UK and Ireland bringing strong winds, heavy rain and flooding risk on October 22-23, 2026.

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Oct 27, 2:01 AM irishtimes.com Heavy showers, thunder and possibly hail due, and wind warning in place for two counties
Oct 25, 9:33 AM lemonde.fr Storms batter Europe hitting power supplies, flights and phones
Oct 23, 2:01 PM bbc.co.uk Watch: Trees ripped up as Storm Austen batters Britain
Oct 23, 9:39 AM bbc.co.uk Thousands without power and travel disruption as Storm Austen batters southern UK
Oct 23, 6:31 AM straitstimes.com Storm causes power outages and traffic disruptions in France and Britain
Oct 23, 6:16 AM euronews.com Storm Austen batters France and UK with winds of up to 160 km/h
Oct 23, 4:32 AM theguardian.com Thousands of homes without power as Storm Austen hits south-west England
Oct 23, 3:46 AM euronews.com Storm Austen hits northwestern France: 161,000 homes lose power
Oct 23, 1:26 AM bbc.co.uk Presenter battles strong winds as Storm Austen hits Newquay
Oct 22, 10:32 PM irishtimes.com Storm Austen: Multiple weather warnings in effect as intense rain hits Ireland
Oct 22, 5:08 PM bbc.co.uk Amber warning in place as Storm Austen hits parts of UK
Oct 22, 2:59 PM bbc.co.uk Heavy rain warning as Storm Austen sweeps across Scotland
Oct 22, 8:54 AM irishtimes.com Storm Austen Live: Met Éireann forecasts intense rain with warnings for 18 counties
Oct 21, 11:35 PM bbc.co.uk Devon and Cornwall battening down the hatches ahead of Storm Austen
Oct 21, 10:38 PM irishtimes.com Storm Austen: Orange warnings issued as Ireland braces for torrential rain and wind
Oct 21, 10:00 PM irishtimes.com Storm Austen: Council staff on industrial action to carry out emergency work as needed
Oct 21, 4:48 AM bbc.co.uk Irish weather warning ahead of Storm Austen
Oct 21, 3:10 AM bbc.co.uk Storm Austen to batter Wales coast with 70mph winds
Oct 21, 2:50 AM news.sky.com Amber warning issued ahead of Storm Austen
Oct 21, 2:04 AM bbc.co.uk Amber warning issued as Storm Austen threatens UK with strong winds and heavy rain
Oct 21, 1:01 AM irishtimes.com Met Éireann could update weather warnings as track of Storm Austen becomes clearer
Oct 20, 4:39 AM bloomberg.com Storm Austen to Boost Wind Power in Europe as Gas Prices Surge
Oct 20, 4:38 AM theguardian.com Storm Austen forecast to hit southern UK
Oct 20, 3:43 AM irishtimes.com Storm Austen: rain warning issued for Thursday
Oct 20, 2:42 AM bbc.co.uk Storm Austen to bring severe gales to UK as weather warning issued
Oct 20, 1:39 AM news.sky.com Britain's first storm of the season named
Oct 19, 12:34 AM irishtimes.com Rain and wind expected this week ahead of ‘blustery’ bank holiday weekend
Oct 18, 5:34 PM bbc.co.uk Chance of storms this week as Atlantic jet stream roars into life