Planes seen making last-minute diversions in high winds at Heathrow

Planes struggled to land at Heathrow Airport as strong winds battered the airport. Footage shows multiple aircraft battling strong cross winds, with some forced to abort their landings and try again yesterday.

British Airways and Aer Lingus flights came close to touching down before pulling up, while an American Airlines jet battled a particularly wobbly landing.

A yellow wind warning from the Met Office covered most of England and all of Wales until 6pm on Tuesday. Wet and windy conditions are set to continue with alerts for rain put in place for parts of Wales on Wednesday.

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It comes after windy weather swept across the country and gusts of up to 80mph were recorded by the Met Office overnight on Sunday.

Forecasters have warned that up to 60mm of rain may fall within six hours in one warning area, which covers north-west Wales including Ceredigion, Conwy, Gwynedd and Powys from from 3am to 12pm on Wednesday. The second warning, which is in place from 6am to 11pm on Wednesday, covers south and south-west Wales where up to 70mm of rainfall is expected largely on south-west hills with up to 40mm elsewhere, the Met Office said.

Areas affected include Swansea, Carmarthen and parts of Cardiff. Flooding of some homes and businesses is possible within those regions, as well as some disruption to public transport and a chance of interruption to power supplies, the weather service added.

In an online forecast, Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin said the outlook for Tuesday was “a lot calmer” compared to Monday’s breezy conditions but “more wet and windy weather” was expected across the country on Tuesday evening.

Some “scattered showers” are forecast for Wales, South West England and northern Scotland in the afternoon, while much of eastern Scotland and central and eastern England will see a “dry and fine” day, Mr Deakin added.