After the remnants of Hurricane Kate brought severe wet, windy weather to the North-West over the weekend, the Met Office has warned of strong winds and rain on Tuesday from Storm Barney.

On Monday, the Met Office issued ‘yellow’ severe weather warnings for parts of the South-West, as  Storm Barney, moving in from the Atlantic, is set to bring winds of 60-70mph to southern England and Wales. These high winds could reach up to 80mph in exposed coastal areas, forecasters said.

Barney is the second storm strong enough to be named under a new scheme by the Met Office and Irish meteorological agency Met Eireann

Andy Page, Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office, commented, "Storm Barney is expected to be a fast moving storm system bringing a few hours of severe gales to southern parts of Britain later tomorrow afternoon and evening. It brings the potential for travel disruption and could bring down trees.

"There remains a good deal of uncertainty in this evolution and particularly the location of the strongest winds in association with wind Storm Barney, so this warning will be kept under review and updated as necessary,” he added.

Meanwhile on Monday, the Environment Agency said the threat of flooding is beginning to recede in parts of Yorkshire and Cumbria affected by the weekend’s wet weather, though the River Ouse in North Yorkshire is set to remain high until Thursday, which cud lead to localised flooding.

Although the Agency said on Sunday that unsettled weather this week could lead to further problems for those in the North-West, where there was exceptionally heavy rainfall on Saturday night into Sunday, on Monday many of its flood warnings were removed.

Craig Woolhouse, Director of Incident Management at the Environment Agency, said, “The flood risk will recede across northern England over the coming days, although river levels will remain high”.

“The public should remain alert to the risk of flooding and stay away from raging rivers. With so much standing water around, we ask people to stay out of flood water and not attempt to walk or drive through it.”