Met Office issues warnings as Storm Kathleen to hit UK with 70mph winds

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Met Office issues warnings as Storm Kathleen to hit UK with 70mph winds
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The weather system is expected to bring gusts of up to 60mph-70mph in exposed areas along the west coast of England and Scotland

The UK is set to be hit by winds of 70mph as Storm Kathleen batters the country this weekend. The Met Office has issued weather warnings up and down the country ahead of the storm.

Snow and rain will hit much of central Scotland in the early hours of Friday morning, which is likely to cause travel disruption with yellow warnings in place from 2am for rain and 3am for snow until 9am on Friday. On Saturday yellow warnings of wind have been issued across the entire west coast of England and Scotland and all of Northern Ireland. The alerts in place from 8am to 10pm.

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