Met Office warns drivers of 'dense' and 'stubborn' fog on Thursday morning after storms Austen and Boelo left three dead
Sunshine and showers in the west on Wednesday. High pressure replacing storms Austen and Boelo will bring fog forecast to be "locally dense" across central and southern England on Thursday morning.
Met Office forecaster Craig Snell warned that dense fog patches will form across southern and central England on Thursday morning, with disruption expected to persist across the country for up to five days. Forecaster Alex Burkill said the fog could be "locally dense first thing" and cause "problems on the road." High pressure building from the south brings drier conditions but introduces this stubborn new hazard following storms Austen and Boelo, which drove winds to 84mph and killed three people.
Richard Baines, 60, was killed by a falling tree in Dumfries and Galloway; a man in his 20s died the same way in Finchley, north London.
A woman in her 50s was swept from the revetment between Sandown and Shanklin while walking her dog and died — the dog survived.
Storm Boelo alone knocked out power to at least 160,000 homes, with gusts reaching 84mph.
