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MET Office Amber weather warning

An amber weather warning is in place for strong winds.
An amber weather warning is in place for strong winds.

A spell of extremely strong winds associated with Storm Bram may lead to significant disruption on Tuesday 9 December.

An Met Office Amber warning for strong winds is in place for Counties Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone and western parts of County Antrim from 14.00 to 19.00 on Tuesday 09 December.

What to expect

  • Power cuts could occur and affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage
  • Damage to buildings and homes is possible, with roofs blown off and power lines brought down
  • Roads, bridges and railway lines may close, with delays and cancellations to bus, train, ferry services and flights
  • Flying debris could result in a danger to life
An additional Yellow warning for strong winds is in place for all counties from 09.00 to 22.00 on Tuesday 9 December. 

What to expect

  • Power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage
  • Some damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs, could happen
  • Road, rail, air and ferry services may be affected, with longer journey times and cancellations possible
  • Some roads and bridges may close
  • Injuries and danger to life could occur from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties
This warning affects County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry and County Tyrone.

Further information and advice is available from the Met Office website: 

Help and advice

  • If you are affected by flooding you should call Floodline on 0300 2000 100
  • If you are a Housing Executive tenant you should also contact your local office on 03448 920 900
  • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service can be contacted on 028 9266 4221

You can find contact details for other organisations in our section about:

You can also find further information on NI Direct about: 

Emergency repairs: 

tel.: 03448 920 901


If you're concerned about anyone rough sleeping

The Welcome Organisation, Belfast: 

tel.: 07894 931 047

First Housing Derry/Londonderry: 

tel.: 07540 100 208

Other areas, call us on: 

tel.: 03448 920 908