Cordon in place after part of building comes away in Storm Dave chaos

A police cordon is in place on Devon Street in Liverpool city centre(Image: Liverpool Echo)

A cordon is in place in Liverpool city centre after a building became damaged during Storm Dave.

Emergency services were called to Devon Street at around 9.30am this morning (Sunday, April 5) after a large chunk of material came away from a building block under construction.

Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service were in attendance.

A cordon is currently in place blocking both entrances of Devon Street.

The incident comes after the region was issued with a yellow weather warning for wind from the Met Office. The warning came into place from 5pm last night (Saturday, April 4) until 3am today.

Strong winds from Storm Dave have been battering the city over the Easter weekend.

Earlier today, the ECHO reported how emergency services were called to a student accommodation block opposite Lime Street station last night after a huge piece of equipment was seen dramatically dangling and swinging from the building amid strong winds from Storm Dave.

A video from the scene shows what appears to be a window-cleaning platform attached to Unite Students, Horizon Heights, on Skelhorne Street spinning out of control in gale-force winds before hitting the window. Road closures and a cordon were put in place by Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service at around midnight while they dealt with the incident.

The Met Office website said: "A spell of very strong southwesterly, then westerly winds is expected across north Wales, northern England and southern Scotland on Saturday evening and overnight before easing early on Sunday.

"Gusts of 60-70 mph are possible widely with some coastal or exposed locations seeing gusts of around 80 mph."