Daily Mirror, on Climate, 25 October 2026

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Met Office issues 21 hour warning - 42 areas at risk

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A third storm appears to be on its way towards the UK and could develop into a "significant" weather phenomenon over the next 48 hours. Storm Chloe could batter the country a lot sooner than some may have hoped or expected, brough by Storm Austen and its much stronger successor, Storm Boelo . The next storm, as per the alphabetical names released by the Met Office , Met Éireann in Ireland and KNMI in the Netherlands, will be called Storm Chloe.

Cathal Nolan of Ireland's Weather Channel said in his latest forecast that this could hit the region soon, Dublin Live reports . He explained: "The next storm depression is already winding itself up... and it is expected to develop into another significant storm over the next 48 hours. [...] So while we will see some strong and gusty winds through tomorrow Monday accompanied by spells of heavy rain, it's not going to be quite as intense, certainly not as Storm Boulo, which was certainly the strongest of the two storms we've had so far."

He added: "If this is to be named a storm as we go through tomorrow and into Tuesday, it's likely to be named by the UK Met Office. The very strongest of the winds will be across the northwest of Scotland. If it is to be named a storm it will be of course called Storm Chloe. And otherwise, beyond that it looks like our weather actually settles down." Storm Austen and Storm Boelo brought a number of weather warnings across the UK. Six of them were in place, with some of them still in force at the time of writing, over the weekend, including an amber warning for wind.

The last of the weather warnings are set to expire at 9pm today but another yellow warning for wind will come into force at 3am on Tuesday, remaining in place until midnight. This will affect Scotland, northeastern Northern Ireland and some parts of northern England.

The Met Office has once again warned of "damaging gusts" and transport disruption, with winds expected to exceed 70mph. The UK forecaster has not yet commented on the possibility of Storm Chloe developing in the coming days. Durham Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Northumberland South Tyneside Sunderland Cumbria County Antrim County Down County Londonderry Angus Clackmannanshire Dundee Falkirk Fife Perth and Kinross Stirling Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Moray Na h-Eilea Orkney Islands Argyll and Bute East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Glasgow Inverclyde North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Renfrewshire South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire West Dunbartonshire Dumfries and Galloway East Lothian Edinburgh Midlothian Council Scottish Borders West Lothian Na h-Eileanan Siar Highland

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What we found (2)

The Mirror reports a weekend of torrential rain, flooding, damaged buildings and power cuts, and a possible third storm, without one word that warming makes extreme rainfall like this worse. Its headline says a third storm is approaching under a Met Office 'protect property' warning, but the body shows the Met Office has not commented on that storm, and nobody in the article says 'protect property'.

  1. Leaves out the climate link

    Serious

    “following a weekend of torrential rain, flooding and "damaging gusts"”

    Why this matters
    The words "torrential rain, flooding" describe an extreme rainfall weekend as plain weather news, and nothing anywhere in the article ties it to a warming climate.
    The impression it gives
    A reader takes this run of storms and floods as ordinary bad luck with the weather, with no link to climate change.
    The context
    Human-caused warming has made heavy rainfall more frequent and more intense. The article never mentions climate or warming.

    How we know

    • On the recordThat warming has made hot extremes, heavy rainfall, agricultural and ecological drought, fire weather and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
    • Checked against the whole articleIt never uses the words “climate” and “warming”.

    Show it in the article

    “The heavy rain and strong winds have made a significant impact across the country, leading to damaged buildings, flooding, thousands being left without power, and severe public transport disruption.”

    Why this matters
    The article sets out the harm from the heavy rain, including flooding, damaged buildings and power cuts, and stops there.
    The impression it gives
    A reader learns the scale of the damage but gets no hint that such downpours are becoming more severe as the planet warms.
    The context
    Warming driven by fossil fuel burning has made heavy rainfall events more frequent or more severe. A single line saying so would have given readers that context.

    How we know

    • On the recordThat warming has made hot extremes, heavy rainfall, agricultural and ecological drought, fire weather and intense tropical cyclones more frequent or more severe.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)
    • On the recordIt is unequivocal that human influence, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels, has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.ipcc.ch (opens in a new tab)

    Show it in the article

    Written straight

    Storm Austen and Storm Boelo brought torrential rain and flooding across the UK; climate change is making heavy rainfall like this more frequent and more intense.

  2. Headline goes beyond the article

    Serious

    “as third storm approaches UK”

    Why this matters
    The headline states as fact that a third storm is approaching, next to a Met Office warning, so the Met Office appears to be warning about that storm.
    The impression it gives
    A reader believes the Met Office has confirmed a third named storm is heading for the UK and has issued its warning because of it.
    The context
    The body says only that a storm "appears to be" on its way, relying on an Irish weather channel forecaster who hedges on whether it will even be named. It also says the Met Office has not commented on Storm Chloe.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“The UK forecaster has not yet commented on the possibility of Storm Chloe developing”
    • Elsewhere in the article“If this is to be named a storm”
    • Elsewhere in the article“it's not going to be quite as intense”

    Show it in the article

    “'protect property'”

    Why this matters
    The headline puts the words 'protect property' in quotation marks, as if the Met Office said them.
    The impression it gives
    A reader believes the Met Office warning used the phrase 'protect property'.
    The context
    No one in the article says 'protect property'. The only Met Office wording the body quotes is "damaging gusts" and transport disruption.

    How we know

    • Elsewhere in the article“The Met Office has once again warned of "damaging gusts" and transport disruption”

    Show it in the article

    Written straight

    Met Office issues yellow wind warning for 42 areas on Tuesday as Irish forecaster says a third storm could develop.

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