Gusts hit nearly 80mph, disrupting roads, railways and ferry services across parts of England and Wales

A yellow wind warning is in force across most of England and all of Wales, with high winds causing travel disruption affecting roads, railways and ferry services.

The Met Office had forecast gusts of up to 70mph along exposed coasts and hills, but earlier at the Needles on the Isle of Wight, the strongest winds reached 78mph.

Gusts also hit 66mph at Aberdaron and 60mph at Capel Curig in northwest Wales; 61mph at Crosby, north of Liverpool; and 56mph at the Isle of Portland in Dorset.

DFDS has cancelled ferries between Newhaven and Dieppe throughout the day because of "adverse weather", and some services on their Dover-Calais route are facing cancellations or delays.

Irish Ferries has also cancelled several services between Dublin and Holyhead, Dublin and Cherbourg and Rosslare and Pembroke.

The firm has reported delays between Dover and Calais, while P&O Ferries said "due to strong winds" it was operating with delays of approximately 45 minutes on the same route.

The Severn Bridge on the M48 remains closed in both directions to all vehicles due to strong winds, with traffic diverted to the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge instead, according to National Highways.

Elsewhere, the A15 Humber Bridge, A628 Woodhead Pass in Derbyshire/South Yorkshire, and the Cleddau Bridge on the A477 have been closed to high-sided vehicles.

The National Rail website is reporting several lines are blocked because of fallen trees including: Chiltern Railways services between London Marylebone and Birmingham; Transport for Wales trains between Shrewsbury and Hereford; and London Overground services between Gospel Oak.

Elsewhere, the bad weather means buses are replacing trains between Swansea and Llanwrtyd.

The warning, which began at 8pm on Sunday and is in force until 6pm on Monday, covers almost the whole of England, including Manchester, Leeds, Hull and York, along with the whole of Wales.

Sky News meteorologist Dr Christopher England said winds "will gradually ease" in the afternoon and overnight, but will pick up over the southwest of Ireland later tomorrow, with yellow warnings [for rain] in place from 6pm [on Tuesday] to 3am on Wednesday".

He added that heavy rain and winds will "extend to western parts of the UK" later on Tuesday, although the details are still uncertain.

A separate yellow warning for rain has been issued by the Irish weather service, Met Eireann, for the counties of Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo until 5pm on Monday.

Further yellow warnings for rain and gales will apply on Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly affecting western counties and eastern coasts.

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The Met Office had suggested people prepare for disruption on Monday by checking road conditions if driving and changing their travel plans if necessary.

People are also advised to gather torches, batteries, a mobile phone power bank and other essential items in case of power cuts.

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