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IrelandStorm Boelo brings high-tide concern to Blackpool
Sky News correspondent Frazer Maude reports from the rain-soaked coast as winds are forecast to reach 80 mph.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 347,630 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (19,292).
'Relentless rain', as 80mph winds expected from Storm Boelo
"The rain has been relentless all day here," Frazer Maude says, standing outside in Blackpool as Storm Boelo approaches. The concern is not just the wind: high tide is forecast to coincide with the storm's arrival.
Sky News' short report drew about 185,000 views in nine hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for Shorts. It follows Storm Austen's disruption across southern England, with Boelo bringing another round of warnings farther north.
Maude traces the storm's path from Northern Ireland across Scotland and into northwest England. A Met Office map shows rain and wind warnings, while he explains that the amber wind warning carries a potential risk to life from flying debris. Localized flooding is also a concern.
Between the forecast updates, the report shows pedestrians pushing through the weather, a tram passing through Blackpool and a dog walker on an otherwise deserted stretch of beach. Maude notes how quiet the town is just before school half term.
Sky's longer report on the second storm also drew an unusually quick audience, extending its coverage from Austen's aftermath to the warnings facing Scotland and northern England.
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- Channel views, last 7 days
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- 1,501,355 (on a normal day: 2,325,809)
- Video published
- October 24, 2026
- Video views so far
- 185,209 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 347,630
The numbers
The Blackpool report passed Sky News' usual first-day Shorts audience within its opening nine hours. The longer report on the successive storms also made a fast start.
