The storm, named by French meteorological service Meteo-France, is the first of the year and is expected to bring \u201cviolent\u201d winds and cause significant travel disruption<\/a> in parts of the country.<\/p>\n The UK Met Office has now put in place a red weather warning for wind in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from 4pm to 11pm on Thursday. Winds could reach up to 100mph in exposed areas, with damage to buildings, power lines and flying debris posing a danger to life expected.<\/p>\n Forecasters also warned the winds may cause power cuts, delays to public transport and large waves with beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, sea fronts and homes.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Satellite image 36,000km above the Earth shows Storm Goretti (EUMETSAT)<\/p>\n An amber weather warning is also in place from 8pm on Thursday evening to 9am on Friday, covering the Midlands, Yorkshire and parts of Wales. The Met Office has warned it will bring 10 to 15cm of snow, with the potential for 20 to 30cm in some locations, mainly on hills, especially in Wales and the Peak District.<\/p>\n Six yellow weather warnings<\/a> for snow, rain, wind and ice cover other parts of the UK on Thursday. These span Scotland<\/a>, Northern Ireland<\/a>, Wales and large parts of England<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thursday\u2019s weather warnings<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n The Met Office has issued eight weather warnings for snow, rain, wind and ice on Thursday (Met Office) open image in gallery<\/p>\n A rare red weather warning is in place in Cornwall from 4pm on Thursday with peak gusts of 80 to 100mph (Met office)<\/p>\n The Met Office has updated its guidance, now issuing one red, one amber and six yellow weather warnings across the country on Thursday.<\/p>\n A red wind weather warning is in place over Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from 4pm to 11pm as the forecaster warned there may be a \u201cdanger to life\u201d from large waves and debris being thrown onto beachfront roads and properties.<\/p>\n An amber warning for heavy snow from 8pm covers parts of Wales, the Midlands and the North West. The warning stretches from Sheffield in the North, down to Leicester, across much of the West Midlands and into Wales.<\/p>\n A yellow wind warning is in place across the South West and South East of England and Wales as a deep area of low pressure will move across the south of the UK during Thursday and into Friday, bringing a mixture of rain, snow and strong winds. The warning is in place from 3pm.<\/p>\n Snow and ice are likely to cause disruption until Friday morning in Scotland, as the Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning from 8pm on Thursday. Orkney and Shetland also have a yellow warning for snow in place between 4pm and 8pm.<\/p>\n Another yellow weather warning for snow will be in place in the Midlands and north of England, and most of Wales from 5pm.<\/p>\n Storm Goretti will likely bring heavy snow over higher ground in south Wales. In some areas, 5 to 10cm of snow may settle with the potential for up to 20cm in some locations, especially over higher ground. Strong winds may lead to some drifting of snow.<\/p>\n Two yellow rain warnings are also in place: in southwest Wales from midday, and eastern England covering Norwich from 6pm.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s weather warnings<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Seven weather warnings are in place across the UK on Friday (Met Office)<\/p>\n Storm Goretti is set to continue into Friday with the amber \u201cdanger to life\u201d warning for snow still in place in the Midlands, Wales and the South West until 9am.<\/p>\n Six other yellow weather warnings are also in place. The snow and ice warning covering most of Scotland will end at midday, along with the yellow snow warning spanning the North, Midlands and Wales.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the rain warnings in Wales and the East of England will end at 10am and 9pm respectively.<\/p>\n The yellow wind warnings covering Cornwall, South Wales and much of the south coast of England will end at 9am.<\/p>\n A new yellow weather warning for ice will come into effect at midnight, covering all of Northern Ireland. It is set to end at 11am.<\/p>\n Cold health alert extended until Sunday<\/p>\n The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued amber cold health alerts for all of England until Sunday at 12pm, warning there could be significant impacts across health and social care services, including a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions.<\/p>\n Dr Agostinho Sousa, head of extreme events and health protection at UKHSA, said: \u201cAs the colder weather sets in, it is vital to check in on friends, family and neighbours that are most vulnerable.<\/p>\n \u201cThe forecast temperatures can have a serious impact on the health of some people, leading to increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and chest infections, particularly for individuals over the age of 65 and those with pre-existing health conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Amber cold weather health alerts remain in place across the UK (UKHSA)<\/p>\n Chief forecaster Neil Armstrong said: \u201cStorm Goretti will be a multi-hazard event, with the most significant impacts from snow in parts of Wales and the Midlands, though rain and strong winds also have the potential to bring disruption to many. <\/p>\n \u201cGoretti will bring snow on its northern edge, this most likely over Wales and the Midlands. Here accumulations of 5 to 10cm are likely widely, with 15 to 25cm in some places, especially hills, and perhaps up to 30cm very locally.\u201d<\/p>\n Travel disruption<\/p>\n Hundreds of schools in northern Scotland will remain closed as much of the country braces itself for further snow and icy conditions. Some rural areas have been completely cut off, and transport is severely affected by the weather.<\/p>\n Rail passengers should also expect a series of line closures during the cold period.<\/p>\n Northern says the line between Sheffield and Manchester, as well as routes to Glossop and Buxton, will be closed from 6pm on Thursday until Saturday morning.<\/p>\n Tricia Williams, managing director at Northern, said: \u201cWe have issued \u2018Do Not Travel\u2019 warnings on these three routes and are advising customers to check before they travel on other routes across our network and allow extra time for their journeys.<\/p>\n \u201dThe final train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield leaves at 4.48pm, and in the opposite direction at 5.14pm.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n A string of snow and ice warnings is in place across the UK as the Met Office has warned that cold conditions would bring a range of wintry hazards for the next few days (PA)<\/p>\n Transport for Wales (TfW) said six lines will be closed completely from 3pm on Thursday, with a reduced service on the remainder. The standard advice from TfW is: \u201cYou cannot travel \u2013 there are no trains running and we are unable to run rail replacement bus services.\u201d<\/p>\n In Scotland, the northern parts of the Far North line from Inverness to Wick and Thurso remain closed, with some rail replacement buses.<\/p>\n Intercity operators are encouraging passengers to travel earlier in the day. Avanti West Coast is to reduce its timetable from 3pm. Instead of three trains an hour between Birmingham and Manchester to London Euston, there will be two services \u2013 and only one an hour between Liverpool and London.<\/p>\n CrossCountry is cutting back trains from 3pm, and is offering passengers with tickets for Thursday or Friday to travel on any train they like on Thursday, or switch to Saturday.<\/p>\n LNER is also urging people with trains scheduled after 3pm on Thursday to travel earlier in the day if they can.<\/p>\n Chiltern urges passengers to complete their journeys by 8pm on Thursday and warns of reduced services on Friday.<\/p>\n South Western Railway has cancelled seven long-distance trains on Thursday evening and warns that further disruption is likely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-359702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Satellite](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/storm-Goretti.jpeg\")
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