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Storm Boelo forecast to bring gusts up to 80mph as power outages linger

Amber warnings cover Scotland and northern England as Storm Austen outages persist into Saturday.

Updated Oct 24, 2026 · 12:15 UTC2 reports

The short version

  • Storm Boelo is forecast to hit the UK on Saturday with gusts of up to 80mph.[BBC News]
  • Storm Austen brought gusts above 75mph on Friday and cut power to 31,000 homes in south-west England at one stage.[BBC News · The Guardian]
  • The National Grid said it had restored power to more than 60,000 properties since Storm Austen began, but 3,700 homes were still without electricity Saturday morning.[BBC News · The Guardian]
  • Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said Storm Boelo will bring widespread rain and very strong winds, and it is unclear whether the next system will be named.[BBC News · The Guardian]

Key facts

  • Storm Boelo is forecast to hit on Saturday with gusts of up to 80mph, and an amber weather warning was issued from 21:00 BST across much of Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and northern England.[BBC News]
  • Storm Austen unleashed wind gusts in excess of 75mph on Friday.[BBC News]
  • The National Grid said engineers had restored power to more than 60,000 properties since Storm Austen began, but more than 10,000 homes were still without power on Friday evening.[BBC News]
  • In south-west England, 31,000 homes were without power at one stage on Friday.[The Guardian]
  • More than 3,700 homes were still without electricity on Saturday morning, according to the National Grid map.[The Guardian]
  • Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said Storm Boelo is arriving and will bring widespread rain and some very strong winds.[The Guardian]

What remains uncertain

  • Whether the system following the weekend storms will be strong enough to be named remains uncertain.[BBC News]
  • The 80mph gusts are forecasts, so the actual peak wind speeds and impacts remain unknown.[BBC News]
  • Outage figures come from different times, so the current number of homes without power is unknown.[BBC News · The Guardian]

Sources

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