MANY will have noticed the blustery weather outside and wondered if this is the start of bad things to come across Cumbria.

Storm Brian is set to hit the UK today (21) and carry on into tomorrow with winds in some places reaching as strong as 70 MPH.

Cumbria Police tweeted that a yellow weather warning for the wind had been issued for today between the hours of 4am and 23.59pm, advising people to secure any property that could be blown away.

The Met Office has also advised people to stay weather aware over the next couple of days while as Storm Brian comes in.

For more information and updates check the Met Office website: metoffice.gov.uk.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StormBrian?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StormBrian</a> will bring strong and gusty winds throughout today. Here is the latest warning area! Stay <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/weatheraware?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#weatheraware</a> <a href="https://t.co/xsCDbfPF9b">pic.twitter.com/xsCDbfPF9b</a></p>— Met Office (@metoffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/921609779797209089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>