The worst of Storm Dave will pass over the United Kingdom during the course of Easter Sunday, weather forecasters have said.<\/p>\n
An amber weather alert remains in place for parts of northern England, Scotland and Wales until 3am on Sunday \u2013 with the yellow weather alert lifting at noon.<\/p>\n
The Met Office\u2019s forecast for Easter Sunday said: \u201cStorm Dave will clear away to the northeast\u2026 leaving sunshine and showers across the UK for Easter Sunday. The showers look particularly heavy and blustery in the north.\u201d<\/p>\n
But before the severe weather warning is lifted, the Met Office said that \u201csevere gales\u201d are expected across central and northern areas of the country in the early hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, Traffic Scotland warned that several major bridges had restrictions in place due to strong winds, including the Queensferry Crossing on the M90, which connects Edinburgh with Fife and the nearby Forth Road Bridge on the A9000.<\/p>\n
The roads authority also confirmed the A87 near Sconser on the Isle of Skye was restricted in both directions due to adverse weather conditions.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, gusts of wind of up to 66mph were recorded in Capel Curig, north Wales. Meanwhile, the A66 was closed in both directions due to the strong winds, National Highways said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) \u2013 which represents electricity network operators \u2013 warned of potential power cuts and issued safety advice following the weather warnings.<\/p>\n
It said in a statement on Saturday: \u201cThe storm has the potential to affect local power infrastructure, increasing the risk of a power cut and fallen power lines.<\/p>\n
\u201cNetwork operators are increasing staffing for operational teams, and moving spare equipment to where the weather is expected to be most disruptive, so it\u2019s ready to use if needed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The worst of Storm Dave will pass over the United Kingdom during the course of Easter Sunday, weather…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-513511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513511","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=513511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}