Stormy weather hitting the region on Friday morning will come to an end by lunchtime, the Met Office forecasts.

Storm Lilian, the latest named storm of the year, has brought strong wings across the North East and much of Yorkshire as people opened their curtains this morning.

The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning suggesting potential disruption to travel and infrastructure, damage to buildings, injuries and power cuts could occur.

The warning, which was in force from 5am on Friday is due to end at 11am.

Lilian will move into the North Sea by around 11am, with winds reducing and scattered showers following for most, though further rain is likely in southern England by the end of the day, so while the storm may be over it is unlikely to be bright and sunny by Friday evening heading into the Bank Holiday weekend.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Jason Kelly said: “Storm Lilian will bring some potentially damaging gusts during Friday morning, with gusts widely in the 50-60mph range, with the possibility of some gusts in excess of 75mph in a few places.

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“There’s associated rainfall with Lilian that has also resulted in a Met Office warning for parts of Scotland. Within the warning area, another 50mm of rain is possible over high ground, with 20-30mm falling quite widely. Much of this is falling on saturated ground so increases the chance of some surface water flooding.”

Flights from Heathrow have been cancelled while there have been delays on roads including the A66, which always struggles in gusty winds.