Rail lines set to close and amber warning issued as Storm Boelo threatens Scotland with 80mph gusts
The Met Office warns power cuts and structural damage to buildings are a significant risk as the storm targets Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth and the Isles of Scilly from…
Network Rail Scotland will halt services south and west of Kilwinning at 9pm, and the Oban and Mallaig lines will shut around 10pm, as the Met Office's amber 'danger to life' wind warning takes effect amid widespread travel disruption warnings for the north of the UK over the weekend. The warning covers mainland Scotland, the Western Isles, the far north of Northern Ireland and England down to Carlisle, and runs until 9pm on Sunday. More than 15,000 homes are still without power after Storm Austen.
Storm Austen's waves sent part of Brighton's derelict West Pier crashing into the sea.
The Kyle of Lochalsh and Wick-to-Helmsdale lines will stay shut from Sunday's first train.
Met Office forecaster Tom Morgan says drought-hit Britain does 'need the rain desperately'.
