Forecasters say the ‘multi-hazard’ Storm Bert will be felt across the UK as it brings heavy snow, rain, wind and icy conditions – check if your area is covered by a Met Office weather warning
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UK weather: Storm Bert brings heavy snow to Newcastle
A huge flurry of snow, ice and wind warnings have been issued this weekend as Storm Bert begins to sweep across the UK.
Flights were grounded, train services delayed and motorways battered by blizzard conditions on Saturday as the storm swept in from the Atlantic, with weather experts forecasting a “multi-hazard” mix of adverse weather to follow over the next 24 hours.
The storm claimed its first victim just before 1am as temperatures plunged and Storm Bert swept in. A 34-year-old man died at the scene after his Renault Captur collided with the stone wall in Shipley, West Yorks.
In the north of England and parts of Scotland, heavy snow fell for several hours this morning and disrupted travel – but further south, people have been warned to expect dangerous high winds and possible flooding.
Jason Kelly, Met Office Chief Meteorologist, said: “Storm Bert starts to arrive overnight on Friday and into Saturday, initially over Northern Ireland. As we go through the first part of Saturday morning, it will start to show its hand across Scotland, north Wales and northern England, with the potential for some heavy snowfall, especially over higher ground.
“Warnings are in place, including an amber warning for snow and ice for parts of Scotland.” Here’s a full list of areas currently covered by Met Office weather alerts – including ‘act now’ amber warnings and less severe yellow weather warnings:
Amber warning for snow
North East England
- Darlington
- Durham
- Northumberland
North West England
Scottish Borders
- Strathclyde
- East Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- Yorkshire & Humber
- North Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
Amber warning for snow and ice
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
Grampian
Highlands & Eilean Siar
Strathclyde
Yellow warning for rain and snow
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Clackmannanshire
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
East Midlands
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
Grampian
Highlands & Eilean Siar
North East England
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
North West England
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Cheshire East
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Lancashire
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
West Midlands
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
Yorkshire & Humber
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- York
Yellow warning for wind
London & South East England
- Brighton and Hove
- East Sussex
- Hampshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Portsmouth
- Southampton
- Surrey
- West Sussex
South West England
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole
- Bristol
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Isles of Scilly
- North Somerset
- Plymouth
- Somerset
- South Gloucestershire
- Torbay
- Wiltshire
Wales
- Bridgend
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Neath Port Talbot
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Vale of Glamorgan
Yellow warning for rain
Wales
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend
- Caerphilly
- Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Wrexham
West Midlands
