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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Neil Macdonald

Cruise ship shelters on River Mersey from high winds

Liverpool welcomed its first cruise ship since the coronavirus lockdown started today.

The Sun, owned by Viking Cruises, docked at the River Mersey cruise terminal for a temporary stay to take shelter from the high winds.

The ship, which was built in 2017, will also be refuelling and taking on fresh water during its stay.

There are no passengers on the Viking Sun, with Viking suspending all operations until the end of August.

Winds across Merseyside will stay gusty for the rest of today and tomorrow, reaching 44mph at times.

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They'll die down from Tuesday for the rest of the week, with temperatures staying around the mid teens.

The cloud is expected to start to lift on Friday with sunny intervals across next weekend.

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