UK Could Still Feel The Effects Of Hurricane Joaquin This Week

The UK could feel the effects of Hurricane Joaquin this week after the tropical cyclone moved into the North Atlantic ocean.

The hurricane has lashed America, Barbados and Bermuda this week, destroying homes and residences, with gusts of wind up 60mph.

The UK is safe from the brunt of it, but the weather could well take a turn for the worse – despite the storm having turned away.

Dean Hall, from the Met Office said: “There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding this weekend with the possibility of Hurricane Joaquin coming in.

“There’s the potential of it being quite wet and windy throughout.”

He described the weather as being “all changes this week with low pressure weather, showers, thunder and breezy in parts; certainly a contrast to what we have been used to in the last few weeks.”

The hurricane has left a trail of devastation over the last few days. In the US, South Carolina was hit hardest. Their heaviest rain storm in 1,000 years, it left 11 people dead and thousands homeless.

Rescuers are looking for a US cargo ship with 33 people on-board which went missing during the storm.

(Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project)