Big clear up operation underway following Storm Douglas and Storm Eunice

The big clear up operation continues today, Monday, February 21, following the bad weather over the weekend with power lines cut, roads closed, trees toppled over, tiles blown from roof tops and fences downed.

But don’t get too complacent, weather experts have warned following Storm Douglas and Storm Eunice, as another one is on its way.

Storm Franklin is set to cause further disruption with a series of weather warnings issued.

A yellow weather warning is still in place as high winds are expected to batter Suffolk again today and the strong and gusty winds across the region are set to continue until around 3pm today.

The Met Office’s warning comes after an amber wind warning was in place for most of Friday due to Storm Eunice which brought wind speeds in excess of 70mph and led to widespread disruption on the roads and damage to homes across the county.

The weather warning suggests that some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs, could happen along with trees and branches being brought down.

Weatherquest said this morning that today will be cloudy, windy and wet as Storm Franklin clears eastwards to bring a drier afternoon with sunny spells and the chance of a few showers in the north and east of the region.

There is also likely to be strong to gale force westerly winds with gusts of 55mph to 65mph with a maximum temperature of 11C.

Road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected, with longer journey times and cancellations possible.

Power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage.

Homeowners who experienced lengthy power cuts due to Storm Eunice may be due compensation as thousands of properties had no electricity on Sunday night.

In Sudbury the tree that fell on a home near the town centre due to winds from Storm Eunice has been cleared.

Gainsborough Street was blocked on Friday afternoon after the huge tree collapsed onto a building on the opposite side of the road.

The damage left bricks scattered over Gainsborough Street and destroyed the wall that was surrounding the tree’s base.