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Xander Elliards

Yellow weather warning issued for parts of Scotland as Storm Eowyn recovery continues

THE Met Office has issued a weather warning for much of the Highlands and North East.

The weather service issued a yellow warning for ice, saying that Scots can expect travel disruption into Thursday due to a cold snap.

The yellow warning is in place across Lewis and Harris, much of Argyll, including Mull and Oban, the Highlands, and Aberdeenshire, including the cities of Inverness and Aberdeen.

It comes into force at 10pm on Wednesday, January 29 and ends at 10am on Thursday, January 30.

The Met Office yellow weather warning means icy patches may lead to some travel disruption on Thursday morning, and there is a warning of “some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces”.

BBC Weather projected that most of Scotland would see sub-zero temperatures overnight, though the more northern areas should return to above-freezing by Thursday morning.

The yellow weather warning for ice also covers the northern half of Northern Ireland.

The Met Office said: “Showers on Wednesday night will lead to a risk of icy patches.

“Showers will be wintry over high ground across Northern Ireland, and to lower levels across northern Scotland with a slight covering of snow possible in places, mainly above 200 metres.”

It comes as Scotland is still dealing with the impact of Storm Eowyn, which sparked a rare red weather warning and brought wind gusts of 100mph when it hit last Friday.

Tens of thousands of homes were left without power after the storm hit on Friday and around 2800 were still cut off yesterday morning (Tuesday).

First Minister John Swinney said reconnecting power in Scotland following the storm has been a “colossal” task.

The weather warnings on Friday included a red danger to life warning between 10am and 5pm, which covered the central belt and Dumfries and Galloway and stretched north on the west coast to Jura in Argyll and Bute.

Calum Carmichael, 19, from New Cumnock, East Ayrshire, died after his car was hit by a falling tree in nearby Mauchline at about 6.45am on Friday before the red weather warning came into force.

He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and died on Saturday, police said.

Network Rail Scotland said it received reports of 500 incidents across its network and more than 120 trees having fallen on to tracks due to the storm.

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