Storm Austen forecast warns of damaging gusts and Friday disruption

Manchester Evening News' weather update highlights a yellow wind warning across parts of England and Wales, with stronger gusts possible on exposed coasts.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 122,909 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (5,293).

Storm Austen to BATTER UK this week bringing 70mph gales and travel disruption

Friday travel could be difficult across parts of England and Wales, according to the Storm Austen forecast presented by Manchester Evening News. Its weather update highlights a Met Office warning of damaging gusts, with coastal and exposed areas potentially seeing winds of 70 mph or more.

The yellow wind warning is scheduled to begin at midnight on Friday, October 23, and last through the morning. It covers parts of London, southwest England, Wales and the West Midlands, rather than the whole UK. Strong west to northwesterly winds and heavy rain are the report's central concerns.

The Short has drawn roughly 111,000 views in its first 19 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for this format.

There is no presenter or spoken commentary. Instead, captions carry the forecast over radar imagery and archival footage of wet motorways, umbrella-carrying pedestrians near Tower Bridge and waves striking sea walls. Those storm scenes illustrate the warning; they are not footage of the forecast storm's arrival.

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The numbers

The weather update has already drawn many times the channel's usual first-day views for a Short, before completing its first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

5,293

this video

122,909

subscribers

144,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

149,562,855

views per day

259,757

typical day: 78,127

the video

views

111,274

likes

452

comments

147

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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180,000

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178,000

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174,000

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159,000

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146,000

Manchester Evening News

144,000

As of October 22, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.