Army deployed as Storm Dennis hits UK

Flights have been cancelled amid high winds and heavy winds

PORT WILLIAM, - FEBRUARY 15: Waves crash against the harbour wall on February 15, 2020 in Port William, United Kingdom. The Met Office has issued an amber alert for rain in parts of Dumfries and Galloway including the Borders and a yellow weather warning for wind for large parts of the UK as storm Dennis passes over the UK. Last week two people were killed as storm Ciara saw parts of the country hit by 93mph winds. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Waves crash against the harbour wall in Port William, western Scotland. Getty Images

Feb 16, 2020

The British army was drafted in on Saturday as Storm Dennis descended on the country, with high winds and heavy rain threatening travel chaos and widespread flooding.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) deployed troops in West Yorkshire, northern England, which was suffered badly from flooding caused by last weekend's Storm Ciara.

"Our armed forces are always ready to support local authorities and communities whenever they need it," said defence minister Ben Wallace.

British Airways and easyJet confirmed they had grounded flights, while two bodies were pulled from rough seas off the south England coast on Saturday as the storm barrelled in.

A British Airways Boeing 747-400 comes in to land at Heathrow airport in 2018. Reuters

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One of the men is assumed to have been the subject of a search triggered when an LPG tanker reported that one of its crew was unaccounted for.

He had been last seen several hours previously.

Winds of over 145 kph and waves of up to 30 metres had been forecast over the North Atlantic early Saturday.

The national Met Office has issued eight weather warnings, across the country, saying the "main areas of concern" were north and south-west England and Wales on Saturday, and the south east on Sunday.