Storm Austen warning leaves London outside the alert area
The Mirror's report highlights possible coastal gusts above 70 mph, with travel disruption and power cuts among the risks.
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UK BRACES for ‘Storm Austen’ with 70MPH winds and heavy rain after BITTERLY cold weekend
Southern England is facing a wind warning, but the forecast is not the same everywhere. The Mirror's Storm Austen report draws an important distinction: exposed coastal areas could experience the strongest gusts, while London is outside the warning area described in the upload.
The Met Office has named Austen as the first storm of the season, with disruptive wind and rain expected from late Thursday. Friday's yellow wind warning covers much of the South West and parts of the south coast, including Brighton. Potential impacts include travel disruption, power cuts and injuries from flying debris.
The storm's precise track remains uncertain. Met Office Deputy Chief Forecaster Tom Crabtree says the potential for disruption prompted the naming, even as forecasters were still determining its position.
The Short had drawn nearly 59,000 views within 15 hours, far beyond The Mirror's usual first-day audience for this format.
There is no presenter or spoken commentary. Instead, forecast text appears over waves, wind-battered trees and rain-soaked roads. The rough-sea sequence used to illustrate the possible gusts is explicitly labeled archive footage, not a scene of Austen already arriving.
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- Channel
- The Mirror
- Subscribers
- 375,000 ▲ 3,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,448,263
- Channel views, pace per day
- 74,021 (on a normal day: 213,520)
- Video published
- October 20, 2026
- Video views so far
- 58,907 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 73,993
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The weather report has already drawn far more views than a typical first day for The Mirror's Shorts, despite being less than a day old.
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