People are given sandbags to protect their properties and warnings go out not to stockpile goods.
People are protecting their homes and businesses, roads have been closed and ferries cancelled as England and the Channel Islands prepare for Storm Ciarán.
The East of England has yellow warnings for central Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Buckinghamshire from Wednesday. An amber warning of wind has been issued for South West England from 03:00 to 13:00 on Thursday; and for the East of England, London, the South East and the South West from 06:00 to 20:00 on Thursday.Yellow rain warnings have been issued for eastern England, London, the South East, South West and West Midlands from 18:00 on Wednesday to 23:59 Thursday; and for the North East and Yorkshire & The Humber from 06:00 on Thursday to 06:00 on Friday.
Elsewhere in the UK, a yellow warning of rain has been issued for parts of south west, central and eastern Scotland, from 03:00 to 15:00 on Wednesday, and for south west Scotland and Lothian Borders from 06:00 Thursday to 06:00 Friday.
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