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Zoe Delaney

I'm A Celeb camp to hit by Storm Barra with heavy rain and plunging temperatures

The stars of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! are in for another cold week.

Just a week on from having to evacuate the celebrity campers due to Storm Arwen, Gwrych Castle in Abergele, Wales is set to experience some more intense weather conditions.

Storm Barra is expected to hit the set of the ITV show later this week, with temperatures predicted to plummet to sub-zero and 24 hours of rain is expected.

Frankie Bridge, Danny Miller and the rest of the campers will be bracing themselves for the freezing windy weather that is coming their way.

The Met Office has warned of travel disruption and power cuts across Wales due to winds exceeding 50mph expected to begin.

The celebrities enjoyed a few days away from the castle due to Storm Arwen last month (REX)

Storm Barra's impending arrival has seen yellow weather warnings put out across the country to warn Welsh locals about the "severe gales to exposed places".

Producers of the ITV reality TV show could be concerned right now, as Storm Arwen last month saw the live shows pulled off air for the first time in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! history.

The three day break from broadcasting even saw the celebrities temporarily moved from the castle and placed in hotels - where a couple of stars enjoyed some sweet treats away from camp.

The stars returned to the castle and caught up with each other after isolating separately (Kieron McCarron/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Speaking to The Sun, a source said said the damage from the first storm has impacted morale on the ITV show.

"The nightmare caused by Storm Arwen is never ending. With more storms forecast for the coming days, the morale is low," they told the publication.

Prior to the severe weather conditions wreaking havoc on the set, the popular reality TV show was dealt a blow when Richard Madeley had to quit the camp due to breaking his Covid bubble with a hospital visit.

Due to a series of setbacks, this year's offering of I'm A Celeb has taken a dip in ratings and is lagging behind other successful seasons.

Speaking to MailOnline earlier last week about the rating figures, representatives for I'm a Celebrity...pointed out that viewers may be preferring to watch on catch up, rather than tune in for the live shows.

"The launch audience for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! has so far risen to a peak of 11.3 million viewers, according to the latest available consolidated data," they told the publication.

"This represents a 2.3 million increase since the overnight peak audience, when catch up viewing so far is taken into account, showing that viewers are also catching at their own convenience after the main broadcast," they added.

The I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! set moved camp to Wales last year, as Covid-19 spread across the globe and made international travel a logistical nightmare.

The 2021 series marks the second year in a row the celebrity contestants have remained in the U.K rather than set up camp in the Australian jungle.

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