Storm Ciaran has caused widespread chaos in travel in the UK and various other surrounding countries.
Consequently, the travel sector is struggling with large-scale delays and cancellations, which are expected to last until next week as the country braces for the storm to hit.
According to the Met Office, the UK should prepare for the worst, which is why it has issued two amber ‘danger to life’ alerts, which is the second-highest level of warning across the country.
Strong winds and heavy rain have been lashing the UK for the last couple of days, which has led to ferry, flight, and train journeys being halted.
The storm
As per the spokesperson for the Met Office, Oli Clayton, the storm is likely to bring coastal gusts of up to 70 to 80mph.
Consequently, people have been warned to maintain a distance from the edge of the water due to these dangerous conditions.
As of now, Northern Island is seeing considerable flooding, which happened a couple of days after the Met Office issued a yellow rain warning.
The worst conditions are currently being experienced at sea. The waves at the Bay of Biscay are close to reaching 45ft off the coast of Brittany.
Meanwhile, French forecasters are giving out warnings that gusts could go as high as 160 km/h.
Cancellations
Consequently, Brittany Ferries has canceled all voyages between Spain and the UK, which had planned to cross the Bay of Biscay in the last couple of days.
In addition, all sailings of the DFDS Ferries traveling from the UK to France have also been canceled until further notice.
Affected passengers have been informed that they can contact the company to rebook, however, it is unclear when the ferries will begin operating again.
Earlier, DFDS said that it would be suspending its Newhaven-Dieppe link only for 24 hours but had to extend the suspension on account of the weather conditions.
Condor Ferries also took to announcing that they have canceled sailings going to and coming from Jersey until the 4th of November.
The airport of the island is also going to be closed on that day, which will lead to a number of flight cancelations flying to and from London Heathrow.
As a result, passengers were informed of the decision made by airport authorities, who also said that the airport would only be operational for medical and emergency flights.
Flight suspensions
Heathrow Airport is the busiest in the UK and is currently experiencing large-scale flight cancelations.
British Airways has taken to ground no less than 30 European and domestic flights, which include round trips to Belfast City, Amsterdam, and Paris.
Passengers have been given the option to either rebook other services or get a complete refund.
Meanwhile, KLM has canceled a total of five round trips between Heathrow and Amsterdam due to the reduced runway capacity at the Dutch Airport.
As a result, thousands of passengers who were thinking of flying from other UK airports to Amsterdam are also facing disappointment.
