Amber warning issued as Storm Bert will bring icy winter weather to the UK. Scotland and parts of Northern England are expected to get hit with snow over the weekend as the storm makes landfall.
Storm Bert will strike from Saturday with Britons told to brace for heavy rain, 70mph winds and snow blizzards after a week of snow and sub-zero temperatures - with flurries as far south as Devon and Cornwall today.
A 70mph wind warning was issued for coastal areas of Scotland, Wales, northern England and Northern Ireland, running from 5am on Saturday until 7pm on Sunday. Temperatures have plummeted with the coldest reading this early in the season since 1998 recorded on Tuesday as Braemar in Aberdeenshire fell to -11.2C .
He added that 'rapid melting of lying snow over the weekend and periods of strong winds' could 'bring the potential for travel disruption as well as flooding for some'. The Met Office added: 'Looking further ahead there are indications we could see a brief return to colder conditions with wintry showers for a time, especially in the north, before it becomes unsettled and milder again at the end of next week.'A Met Office yellow warning of snow and ice had been in place across northern Scotland until midday today, with up to 2in of snow expected fairly widely.
South of the border, 89 schools are shut in Devon today, 18 in Dorset and 60 in Cornwall, while in Wales around 10 are closed in Conwy, 18 in Denbighshire and two in Wrexham. 'Overnight temperatures will drop below zero fairly widely over the next few days, which has resulted in some ice warnings, with further warnings likely through this week.
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