Met Office forecasters have put in place two yellow warnings for wind, with power cuts and travel disruption likely, as Storm Atiyah bashes the UK today.

Warnings have been put in place for large parts of the South West and East of England, with gusts of up to 75mph likely in some areas, the Met added.

Bournemouth, Cardiff and Wiltshire are among some of the areas to be hit with the strongest winds in the South West.

Meanwhile, Norwich, Norfolk, parts of Yorkshire and Lanashite could be battered by gales as the Storm Atiyah moves across the country.

"Some delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport are likely," the Met warning states. "Some short term loss of power and other services is possible."

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The warning for the South West was put in place at 6pm on Sunday and will remain until 9am today.

However, strong winds will persist in the East of England, with the weather warning there put in place at 5am this morning and remaining in force to 12.30pm.

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Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said on Sunday night: "The winds across particularly the south-west will strengthen further so we will be seeing some gusts in excess of 75mph overnight.

"Widely across the UK I'm seeing gusts, pretty much from top to tail, of 30mph to 40mph.

"The strong winds are pretty widespread. It's very windy in the west and south west so that's where we're going to see the greatest impact unfortunately."

Sea fronts in coastal communities could be affected by spray and large waves, the forecasters warned.

Storm Atiyah has already wreaked havoc in Ireland where national parks were forced to closed.

It has also disrupted more than a dozen flights at Cork Airport, which were either cancelled or forced to divert to Dublin or Shannon.

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