A new storm has arrived in England and Wales immediately after Storm Éowyn, bringing strong winds and rain.

Storm Herminia was named by the Spanish weather service Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) on Friday (January 24).

Heavy rains and wind battered the north of the country, with gusts exceeding 62mph being recorded.

Floodwaters caused by the storm also left cars and buildings submerged in western France, BBC News reports.

Herminia is not powerful enough over the UK to be named a storm by the Met Office.

This is in contrast to Éowyn, which left a trail of destruction and disruption after causing several rare red weather warnings.

The Met Office said Éowyn was "probably the strongest storm" to hit the UK in at least 10 years.

A yellow weather warning for wind which lasted from 10pm on Sunday (January 26) to 7am today (January 27) covered swathes of southern England, the North West, the West Midlands and Yorkshire.

However, that won't be the end of it as a yellow weather warning for rain will be in place for much of Wales throughout Monday.

Meanwhile, a separate yellow weather warning for wind covering all of southern England and much of Wales will last until 6am on Tuesday (January 28).

What different Met Office weather warnings mean

The Met Office expects 20mm to 40mm of rain to fall quite widely and 50mm to 70mm on higher ground.

Gusts are expected to reach 70mph or more around exposed coasts, while areas inland can expect wind gusts of up to 50mph, they warn.

More details can be found on the Met Office weather warnings page here.

How to track Storm Herminia

A tracker on the Met Office website here allows people to view the movement of Storm Herminia over the next day or so.

It also shares details about the impact of the storm with the rainfall, wind gusts, cloud cover and temperature all available to see.

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Met Office issues statement on Storm Herminia

Discussing the new storm Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said: "Obviously places maybe currently have a bit of a lower threshold for wind strengths at this stage, following all the disruption and damage that’s been put in place.

"It is something that people certainly need to be wary of, and still taking care of, as we head into Sunday and into the start of the new working week as well – the risk of localised flooding, further flying debris and travel disruption is possible as a result of all of this."

He added: "This is certainly going to be a notch down compared to Eowyn, whilst there is the potential for 60 to 70mph gusts of wind across the very far south west generally, we’re not going to be seeing the same strengths of winds as we have seen over the last couple of days."