STORM EOWYN will batter Scotland on Friday with gusts expected to reach 90mph in some parts of the country.
The Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning for wind for Friday, which means there is a “danger to life”.
Schools across the country are expected to be closed and people are advised not to travel in places under a red warning.
These are:
- Parts of Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders
- All of Strathclyde, Lothian and Borders, the Forth Valley
- The southern part of Fife
When was the last time Scotland had a red weather warning for wind?
Scotland was last hit with a red weather warning for wind in November 2021.
Storm Arwen hit central Scotland, Tayside, Fife, Grampian, south west Scotland, Lothian and the Borders in the south east.
A subsequent Scottish Government review of the response to the mega storm concluded Storm Arwen was “one of the most challenging weather events that Scotland has experienced in many years”.
David Lapage, 35, was killed when his pick-up truck was hit by a falling tree on the B977 in Aberdeenshire.
The army was called in to help with door-to-door checks on vulnerable people in affected areas.
Extensive damage was caused by the storm, leaving many households without electricity, heating, water and internet access.
The worst affected areas were the north east, Dumfries and Galloway and the Borders.
At the height of the disruption caused by Storm Arwen, almost 200,000 households were affected by energy outages, 10,000 properties had issues with water supplies. With the peak of the storm hitting on November 27, it took until December 6 for some households to be reconnected to power.
Trans and ferries were cancelled and schools closed across the country, while roads were blocked by fallen trees.
Some 4000 hectares of forests were damaged by the storm.
