Yellow weather warning in place from 11pm

Friday, 5 April 2024 12:38

An all-island yellow weather warning has been issued by the IOM MET Office for later this evening into tomorrow.

The warning for rain, severe gale and coastal overtopping will be in place from 11pm tonight and will last until 9pm Saturday.

Wind gusts will reach up to 60mph in places and some localised flooding will be likely between 10pm tonight and 3am tomorrow, before becoming dry for the rest of Saturday.

Coastal overtopping is expected from high tide at 10:25am tomorrow and travel disruption and minor damage should be expected.

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