There's a hurricane on course to hit the UK and it's got a fancy name, Hurricane Lorenzo.
At one point Lorenzo was a Category 5 storm, though it has since weakened, and it's heading for Europe in what is an exceptionally rare weather event.
With Lorenzo heading over the Azores tomorrow it will be a few days before the UK could start to feel full effects, but how dangerous might they be?
The Claim
The Met Office has warned Lorenzo will be one of the strongest tropical cyclones to hit Europe, it is expected to get to the UK on Wednesday night.
The brunt of the storm will be experienced in the UK on Thursday and Lorenzo will not move on until late on Friday, though the weekend is expected to be blighted by poor weather too.
Heavy rain is expected and some homes will be at risk of flooding. There have been 85 localised flood warnings across England and Wales with a further 203 warnings of possible flooding.
A yellow warning for rain has been issued to Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Cardiff. There might even be some snowfall in Northern England and Scotland as a drop in overnight temperatures to -2C.
There is an uncertainty over how powerful winds will be, but gusts of up to 70mph are a possible scenario.
The Met Office has said Lorenzo does pose a "threat to life" in the UK so it absolutely must be taken seriously.
The Counter Claim
Fortunately Lorenzo has lost some power, significantly reducing the threat it might have posed.
Reaching a Category 5 status over the weekend, Lorenzo has now weakened to a Category 3 hurricane so the threat posed will be much lower than it might have been.
Gradual weakening over time is expected from storms so the chances of an actual Category 5 hurricane coming in and causing problems for the UK is still an extremely long shot.
Even an indirect hit from a now smaller storm like Lorenzo will still cause damage, the Met Office isn't issuing "threat to life" warnings and flood alerts for nothing.
Hurricane Lorenzo will still be a large weather event, "a real beast of a storm" as the Met Office describes it, and one of the strongest ever to hit Europe but it could have been much worse.
The Facts
Homes and businesses are likely to be flooded and the Environment Agency has recommended victims of smaller floods buy specially made flood doors and seal their floors.
In the case of major floods they suggest placing valuables and irreplaceable items as high off the ground as possible. They also advise fitting a pump to extract flood water and get a drainage system for cavity walls.
Hurricane Lorenzo is a record breaker, the strongest storm ever to make it so far to the North East of the Atlantic since records began in 1920 . It is exceptionally rare that such a storm would get in a position to threaten the UK.
There is a significant concern that Lorenzo is a symptom of climate change . Category 5 storms are rare and ones headed for Europe are exceedingly so, water temperatures ought to be too cold and wind conditions too restrictive for a storm like Lorenzo.
A study of water temperatures in the Atlantic found that waters in the origin point and path of the storm are "anomalously warm". A warmer climate will mean more storms of greater power headed for Europe.
