Hello all, Building on Jo's earlier update that a Red Warning regarding the wind now covers some of our area, where the boundary shown to the wider Amber Warning area should be considered as a flexible and moving beast, please see the following information regarding the declaration of a Major Incident.  Please note as well that some of you may be vulnerable to a storm surge with the tide, wind, rain and full rivers combining to cause potential problems. More below: Storm Eunice has been declared a major incident by the Avon and Somerset Local Resilience Forum due to the potential for severe disruption. A red weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for extremely strong winds between 7am and midday on Friday 18 February. The storm has the potential to cause significant disruption and dangerous conditions along the length of the west coast of Somerset through the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary into Gloucestershire. The Environment Agency has issued a flood wa...

  Hi all,   Bill has asked me to contact you urgently as the Met Office have raised their weather warning to RED tomorrow morning in parts of our area.     red Red warning Wind   The warning timing is between 07:00 and 12:00 tomorrow, Friday 18th February   Bill has highlighted that it is very rare to get a RED weather warning for wind and on balance it would be advisable if you are in the RED area to consider closing your school.  Obviously this is not something that we normally suggest, however with regard to duty of care we believe this is appropriate   Please check the weather information and map on the Met Office to see if you are in the RED area, and I would advise schools that are on the boundary to consider carefully the action to take.   https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ weather/warnings-and-advice/ uk-warnings#?date=2022-02-18& id=f3167677-9b5e-464a-b11b- a9d00f9d392b   Storm Eunice causing significant disruption and dange...

  Hello all, Storm Eunice has now prompted the Met Office, from their updated analysis, to issue an: Amber warning for South West England ​ The warning timing is between 03:00 and ​21:00 on Fri 18 Feb 2022 ​You will see from their following headline and what to expect list that there are a number of things to think about and discuss with your teams, not only in terms of high levels of vigilance on the day and battening down the hatches on site -  bringing inside as much as possible of the easily blown about items in advance and keeping away from trees and other items that may be toppled, but also travel to work and home issues too. Storm Eunice may cause significant disruption due to extremely strong winds on Friday. What to expect There is a good chance that flying debris could result in a danger to life Damage to buildings and homes is likely, with roofs blown off and power lines brought down Roads, bridges and railway lines are likely to close, with delays and cancellations...