Storm Erik rapidly deepened as he speedily crossed the Atlantic. With a pressure drop of 40mb within the last 24 hours, Erik can be defined as a ‘weatherbomb’ as it peaked in strength over Scotland’s Outer Hebrides late this afternoon. Central pressure deepend to at least 955mb over the Outer Hebrides.
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As well as winds gusting 50+mph widely with gusts exceeding 80 mph on exposed coasts and 100mph over the Scottish hills, heavy and persistent rain has also led to local flooding, especially where there’s been snow cover.
Met Office
Winds from this system have been destructive and deadly all the way to Dorset.
A tree fell onto a bus in Poole in the strong winds brought by #StormErik. There were no reported injuries. pic.twitter.com/lEW8iakEBL
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) February 8, 2019
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