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Storm Stella which wreaked havoc across the US is set to batter London with wet weather and gales.
The monster storm sparked a state of emergency in New York on Monday and is set to descend on the capital by Friday, experts warned.
The Met Office has now warned that the weather front responsible for the blizzard conditions and 50-mile-per-hour gusts is set to hammer the UK.
Meteorologist Alex Burkill told the Standard that the storm’s impact would be “massively reduced” as it crossed the Atlantic but would bring wet weather across the weekend.
He said: “As the weather front responsible for Storm Stella hits on Friday it will bring wet and changeable weather to London and the south-east.
“The light spring weather we have been seeing will become more changeable over the weekend and in to next week.”
Described as “life-threatening” by American forecasters, Stella caused massive power outages, cancelled flights and brought travel chaos to the US.
Dozens of flights between London and New York, Washington, Boston and Philadelphia were cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Passengers were advised to check with their airlines before travelling.
All New York schools were closed and above ground sections of the subway ground to a halt. More than 6,500 flights in the area were cancelled.
Forecasters were predicting two to three feet of flooding in some coastal areas at high tide. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and other museums were also closed.
States of emergency were also declared from midnight in New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland.
In Connecticut, residents were subject to a statewide travel ban.
The blizzard consisted of two larger storm systems which have merged into one, according to the US National Weather Service.
It comes at the end of an unusually mild winter along much of America’s East Coast, with below normal snowfalls in some areas, including New York and Washington.
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