BREAKING: BBC Breakfast meteorologist Matt Taylor PAUSES broadcast to give URGENT weather update as UK ISSUES WARNING

Matt Taylor issued an urgent weather warning (Image: BBC)

Matt Taylor issued a warning to BBC Breakfast viewers about the potentially disruptive weather expected in the coming days. The meteorologist, 49, joined presenters Jon Kay and Sally Nugent to deliver the forecast updates on Tuesday (September 30).

He warned Brits that parts of the UK could be battered later this week by a former category five hurricane currently located in the western Atlantic.

Matt explained: “This is hurricane Humberto. It was a category five – the strongest category of hurricanes. It has now weakened to a category three.”

Although the hurricane is expected to weaken further, Matt explained it could regain strength as it moves across the Atlantic towards the UK.

The presenter said: “It could re-strengthen again as quite a deep and potent area of low pressure, with heavy rain sweeping the country and some potentially disruptive winds.”

As we head into the weekend, the greatest risk of disruption is expected to impact the northern half of the UK. Matt added: “But if that low pressure shifts a bit further southwards, we will of course shift that risk of disruption further south too.

“So certainly worth keeping a close eye on the forecast as we go through the next few days.” Before this arrives on Friday, Matt warned that the UK could experience “very wet and windy” conditions.

He went on: “Maybe stormy later this week, slightly quieter for the time being, but we still see a bit of a north-south split in the weather. Southern areas always dryer and brighter, threats of something wetter and windier the further north you are.”

It comes after Brits living in eight areas across the country were urged to prepare emergency kits as the Met Office warned of power cuts and flooding in several parts of the UK.

The National Weather Agency issued a 37-hour yellow warning starting from Wednesday to Friday. The yellow alert covering large parts of Scotland will be in effect from 5pm on Wednesday until 6am on Friday.

Persistent heavy rain during this period may cause transport disruptions and flooding. According to the Met Office, severe flooding can have widespread and dangerous impacts on communities. In the affected areas, rising water levels may cut off roads, making travel difficult or impossible and leading to closures.