{"id":363647,"date":"2026-01-11T00:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T00:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/363647\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T00:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T00:57:08","slug":"snow-rain-and-wind-warnings-still-in-place-across-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/363647\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow, rain and wind warnings still in place across UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Warnings for snow, ice, rain and wind are in place across parts of the UK for the remainder of the weekend following Storm Goretti. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/weather\/warnings\/weather\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Met Office warnings<\/a> for Northern Ireland, Scotland, the north and Midlands of England come as forecasters say the challenging conditions are expected to ease by the start of next week with milder weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A yellow warning for snow and ice in Scotland has been upgraded to amber. It starts at 03:00 on Sunday and lasts until 14:00 on Monday, affecting those in central and north-eastern parts of the country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Meanwhile, the National Grid said it was working to resolve power outages which have continued to affect more than 20,000 properties in parts of England and Wales. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The new amber warning in Scotland warns of the potential impact on both road and rail networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Met Office said power cuts were likely and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, could also be affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Scottish Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop told people in affected areas to consider delaying journeys and working from home where possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">She added: &#8220;The conditions will inevitably impact the transport network, so it is vital that people and communities continue to plan ahead to ensure they stay safe&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Storm Goretti brought heavy snow, ice and strong winds to most parts of the UK this past week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">On Thursday, the day the storm arrived, the Met Office issued a rare red warning for wind in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Wind speeds of up to 99mph (159km\/h) were later recorded in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Police have since said <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c20zxxlgdedo\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a man was killed <\/a>in the Mawgan area of Helston after a tree fell onto his caravan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Cornwall Council said the storm had been &#8220;one of the most severe&#8221; the county had experienced &#8220;in living memory&#8221;, with crews working around the clock to clear fallen trees and carry out emergency repairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Meanwhile, areas across the country have struggled with power outages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">On Saturday, the National Grid said more than 20,000 properties were still without electricity &#8211; with the south-west of England continuing to face the most outages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Approximately 19,000 premises were still without electricity in the South West, with hundreds more affected in the East Midlands, the West Midlands and Wales. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The National Grid said it was working &#8220;tirelessly&#8221; and had restored power to almost 170,000 properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Hundreds of schools across the UK were also forced to close ahead of the weekend as heavy snow caused travel disruption. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Met Office said the UK &#8220;will be saying goodbye to the really cold weather&#8221; next week, with temperatures of between 9C and 11C expected in the south and about 6-8C elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warnings for snow, ice, rain and wind are in place across parts of the UK for the remainder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-363647","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\/363647","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=363647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}