Storm Bella has been named by the UK Met Office and it's set to bring 'heavy rain and damaging gusts' to Ireland on St. Stephen's Day.

The Met Office has issued status yellow weather warnings for parts of Britain and weather expert Alan O'Reilly of Carlow Weather expects Storm Bella to cause disruption here in Ireland on December 26. After the storm was named this morning, Alan tweeted that it will 'hit on St. Stephen’s Day, bringing strong and damaging gusts and heavy rain.' https://twitter.com/CarlowWeather/status/1342064269374988288 Currently, Met Éireann's forecast for St. Stephen's Day says that it will be 'increasingly windy' with 'heavy rain' during the night. Before that, Christmas Day will be mostly dry but with 'patches of light rain' turning into 'persistent rain' on Christmas night. https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1342060267493089280 Met Éireann's full Christmas outlook can be read here. READ NEXT: NPHET member says people arriving from Britain should eat Christmas dinner in their bedroom