Easter weather warning: Met Office forecast warns of damage and travel disruption over bank holiday weekend
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for the Easter bank holiday weekend with winds of up to 90mph.
Far from enjoying a sunny, spring-like Easter weekend, much of the UK is facing a weather warning for strong winds. The Met Office is forecasting gusts that could cause damage and travel disruption across parts of the country over the long bank holiday weekend.
The yellow warning predicts possible delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport, and is in force between 6pm on Saturday (April 4) and noon on Sunday for Scotland, Northern Ireland, North Wales and part of northern England, including Liverpool and Newcastle.
Forecasters said the country could be battered by winds of up to 90mph in western Scotland, with gusts of 70mph more widely.
These bring with them the risk of power cuts and impact mobile phone coverage, they added, with delays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges, which could also close.
In Wales, the Met Office warning covers Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Isle of Anglesey, while in north west England, the likes of Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Cheshire West and Chester, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside are set to be affected.
Parts of north east England, such as Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland, will be hit by some of the worst weather, along with much of Northern Ireland and Scotland.