The weather service also warned rain and wind could cause disruption to rail and road travel across the UK, as driving conditions ... strong winds generating storm surge and large waves, minor ...

In 2017 Hurricane Irma brought with it 100mph winds and a destructive storm surge in the US and the Caribbean. Cyclone Idai formed in the Indian Ocean in 2019 and struck many African coastal nations.

A storm surge is water that is pushed onto shore by a hurricane. It is rarely a "wall of water" as often claimed, but rather a rise of water that can be as rapid as several feet in just a few minutes.

Hospitals across England have been hit by “a storm of norovirus infections” as ... Amy Douglas, lead epidemiologist at the UK Health Security Agency, said there was some hope that norovirus ...