getachew reda, i thank you forjoining me from mekelle on hardtalk.ologise to you and indeed to all our viewers, the audio and the video quality is not the best, but it is a hugely important subject and we're happy to talk to you. thank you very much forjoining us on hardtalk. my pleasure, stephen. hello. it's already been an exceptionally wet month, some places breaking record. but again, nearly an inch of rain fell in some parts on thursday along with some really gusty winds. aberdaron on the llyn peninsula, nearly 80 mile an hour, those gusts of wind. even in bridlington, 67 miles an hour. the gusts on this particular weather front, which we call a squally weather front, those winds very squally with the rain pushing through. lots of showers, though, have been following on behind to northern and western areas through the night. still gale force winds here, butjust a little chilly where the winds have eased a little and the shower activity has as we head towards dawn. for the day ahead, it looks drier, brighter, plenty more sunshine than we saw on t

getachew reda, i thank you forjoining me from mek�*ele on hardtalk. you and indeed to all our viewers, the audio and the video quality is not the best, but it is a hugely important subject and we're happy to talk to you. thank you very much forjoining us on hardtalk. my pleasure, stephen. hello. there is no doubt it has been a soggy november so far. some places have already seen twice the amount of rain they would normally expect in the whole month. wednesday really added to those totals with this band of wet weather pushing northwards and eastwards. lots of heavy, thundery showers with squally, gusty winds following on behind, and all of those weather elements also feature in thursday's forecast. another frontal system pushing in from the atlantic, more heavy rain, more squally winds already showing its hand in the western side of northern ireland first thing. most other areas starting day dry, but this rain is on the move eastwards. it's moving pretty quickly, so it will be a short, sharp burst of torrential rain and strong winds for northern irelan

getachew reda, i thank you forjoining me from mekelle on hardtalk.to you and indeed to all our viewers, the audio and the video quality is not the best, but it is a hugely important subject and we're happy to talk to you. thank you very much forjoining us on hardtalk. my pleasure, stephen. for some places breaking records, almost one inch of rain fell in some parts on thursday along with really gusty winds. aberdaron seeing nearly 80 miles an hour, in bridlington 67 miles an hour, with this particular squally weather front with rain with the winds pushing through, still, gale force winds here in northern ireland butjust a little chilly where the winds have eased and the showers have as we head towards dawn. for the day ahead, dry and bright with plenty more sunshine than thursday, but still lots of showers particularly in the north and west and particularly in scotland with gales across the northern and western isles and across the highlands. still with hail and thunder and snow over the hills and mountains but fewer showers, less heavy elsewhere, 12