Storm Otto has left thousands of homes without power as it makes its way across Northern England. 

A Met Office weather warning for high winds is in place until 2pm for Yorkshire and north-east England, with the forecaster warning of power cuts, damage to buildings and potential injuries and danger to life from flying debris.

Read more: Storm Otto: List of Durham and North Yorkshire homes without power

The Met Office said gusts of 75-80mph had been recorded across parts of northern Scotland.

Around 1,300 homes in Ripon and 1,330 homes near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, were left without power.

Northern Powergrid also reported outages in Northumberland, Darlington and Leeds, with power for most not expected to be restored until 7pm on Friday.

Here are all of the affected postcodes:

  • HG3 
  • HG4
  • NE36 0BD
  • NE36 0BB
  • TS8
  • NE19
  • DL8 
  • DH9
  • DL2
  • DL15
  • NE61
  • DH3

All of the power outages listed have a restore time of 7pm - but you can stay updated by following the Northern Powergrid map here.

The storm, the first to be named this winter, has been labelled Otto by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI).

It is the first named storm to directly impact the UK this storm-naming season, which began in September.

The first storm named by the Met Office, or the Irish and Dutch weather services, this season will still be Storm Antoni, in accordance with the 2022/23 storm name list.