FOOTAGE filmed at a seafront restaurant shows outdoor furniture flying through the air as storm winds hit.

The video, filmed from inside Rockwater, Hove, shows several sofas and chairs whizzing past the windows.

Voices inside the venue can be heard gasping in dismay as they watch on.

Social media users have been quick to query why it was open and why the furniture was not tied down following several weather warnings for the area over the past week.

However, one user says that staff did attempt to tie and weigh the items down ahead of the storm.

It comes after Brighton and Hove City Council have urged people to stay away from the seafront today, as "flying pebbles" could cause injury.

The city' seafront can be "extremely dangerous" in stormy weather with violent waves coming from different directions, coupled with freezing temperatures and high spring tides.

The highest alert – meaning a high impact is very likely – was issued to run from 10am until 3pm over Sussex due to fears of Storm Eunice “causing significant disruption and dangerous conditions due to extremely strong winds” up to 90mph, the Met Office said.

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