{"id":360546,"date":"2026-01-09T08:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360546\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:20:08","slug":"storm-goretti-live-tens-of-thousands-left-without-power-as-travel-disruption-expected-across-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360546\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Goretti live: Tens of thousands left without power as travel disruption expected across UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Think about your journey, do you really need to make it now?&#8217; &#8211; AA presidentpublished at 06:51 GMT<\/p>\n<p>06:51 GMT<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A car parked with a fallen tree in front of it\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3fa48149-df2e-422e-bafc-ffd78dfda2b7.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"594\" height=\"334\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Storm Goretti has created \u201cpretty treacherous driving<br \/>\nconditions, particularly in Wales, the East and West Midlands and into<br \/>\nYorkshire&#8221; says the president of the AA, Edmund King, who has been<br \/>\nspeaking to 5 Live Breakfast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It\u2019s a combination of wind overnight and now we\u2019ve got<br \/>\nrain, sleet and snow so pretty awful driving conditions&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Noting that there are road closures in both Cornwall and<br \/>\nWales, King says in those affected areas, he would advise people to &#8220;think<br \/>\nabout your journey, do you really need to make the journey now? Because<br \/>\nconditions will ease up after 09:00&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">King recommends bringing windscreen wash, checking your<br \/>\ntyres are in good condition, ensuring your phone is charged and packing water<br \/>\nand warm clothes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If you are going out, make sure you\u2019re prepared&#8221;<br \/>\nhe says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Think about your journey, do you really need to make it now?&#8217; &#8211; AA presidentpublished at 06:51 GMT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-360546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}