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Chiara Fiorillo & Kathryn Riddell

North East set to be hit by strong winds and rain as 60mph gales arrive in UK

More gale force winds and flash flooding has been forecast as a 700 mile-wide 'Canadian low pressure vortex' hits the UK.

Gusts of up to 60mph are expected in England and Wales on Tuesday and Wednesday with some parts of the country covered by a weather warning.

MeteoGroup said the storm has potential to be named and warned that more areas will hit by severe winds than during Storm Ellen last week.

The Environment Agency has also warned of the potential for flooding reports The Mirror.

The Met Office also forecast a chance of frost chilling the August bank holiday weekend in the north.

MeteoGroup forecaster Paul Mott said: "There's certainly the chance the storm will be named, especially with potential for the strongest winds to be more widespread than Storm Ellen, and with so many people being on holiday.

“Peak wind gust speeds similar to Ellen are a risk, with 60mph or a bit higher possible in the west.

"The low pressure is coming from just south of Newfoundland. It will be an unpleasant couple of days when it arrives."

Met Office forecaster Marco Petagna said: “Another deep area of low pressure looks like affecting the UK on Tuesday and Wednesday, with another wet and very windy spell likely.

“It looks particularly unsettled in a changeable week ahead.”

A Met Office forecaster said: "The bank holiday weekend should see temperatures near or slightly below average, with potential for frost overnight.

"But it will feel warm in any sunnier spells. The south looks driest."

The Environment Agency said: "Local flooding is possible across England on Tuesday and Wednesday as a result of heavy rain, with local river flooding possible in the north, west and far south."

The North East is not covered by the Met Office warning, but nevertheless will experience heavy bouts of rain and strong winds of up to 40mph on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The weather should become calmer by Wednesday afternoon but it will still feel cool, with temperatures stuck in the mid-teens as we approach the bank holiday weekend.

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