Millions hoping to make their journeys on Good Friday are expected to face delays as Storm Nelson disrupts ferry services.
Yesterday, Ferry company DFDS reported that its services at Dover were running with delays “due to strong winds in the Channel”. A further two million British holidaymakers are also set to jet abroad.
Storm Nelson arrived with gusts of 50mph expected quite widely, according to a Met Office yellow weather warning for wind covering London and the South East, the South West and east of England which runs throughout Friday.
Great Western Railways closed several lines on Thursday due to flooding. All lines between Westbury and Swindon were shut and the main line from Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads was also closed.
Travel trade organisation Abta said airports are reporting “strong numbers”, with 175,000 due to leave from Stansted, 105,000 from Luton, 160,000 from Manchester, 79,000 from Birmingham, and 89,000 from Edinburgh between Friday and Monday.
Good Friday is set to be a day of sunshine and blustery scattered showers, coming after unsettled conditions which have seen hailstones hit parts of Cornwall.
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