Flood warnings have been issued for areas in the North East, as Storm Babet continues to hit the region with high winds and torrential rain. 

As Storm Babet wreaked havoc across the region this morning, cancelling events and disrupting traffic and public transport, several flood warnings have been made in the North East.

A flood alert has been issued for the North Sea coastline including Hartlepool, Seaton Carew, Redcar, Saltburn by the Sea, Skinningrove and Cowbar.

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Meanwhile, another warning for the Tyne and Wear Coast, including South Shields, has also been put in place by the UK Government. 

Yellow and amber weather warnings for wind and rain have been issued to the North East after Storm Babet hit the North East late on Wednesday evening.

The Northern Echo: Flood alerts have been issued for parts of the North EastFlood alerts have been issued for parts of the North East (Image: PA MEDIA)

Events in the North East have been cancelled and authorities are urging the public to take caution as the storm continues to cause winds of over 25mph.

According to the Met Office forecast, the extreme weather is set to die down from 1pm on Saturday (October 21), where the likelihood of rain will fall from 50% to 10%.

The Northern Echo: Waves batter the lighthouse on South Shields pierWaves batter the lighthouse on South Shields pier (Image: PA MEDIA)

Winds of up to 22mph will also fall to as low as 6mph by the end of the day.

Stephen Dixon, a Met Office spokesman, previously spoke of the storm as he predicted that some communities may face power cuts and flooding.

Wind and waves batter the lighthouse in South Shields (Image: PA)

He said: “A disruptive period of weather is on the way.

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“There are some high totals (of rain) which have the potential to disrupt travel plans… possibility of power cuts as well as the obvious risk of flooding.

“As you look at Wednesday, the first pulse of rain is looking to particularly influence Northern Ireland, Wales and the southwest of England, and into Thursday.

“But it’s as you move from Thursday and into the week that shift very much focuses more towards central and eastern Scotland, but also some central and eastern areas of England as well.”