The Met Office issued a red weather warning for Friday as very strong winds are expected to disrupt the country.

SCHOOLS across Scotland are set to close for thousands of pupils tomorrow as Storm Eowyn batters the country. The Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning for wind in the west and parts of

Storm Éowyn is set to bring wind gusts of up to 90mph in Edinburgh.Safety advice has been issued by the Met Office and people have been urged to avoid going outside or driving if possible.West Lothian Council and the City of Edinburgh Council have not yet published an official decision on school and nursery closures but said they will provide updates on Storm Éowyn measures today.

The Met Office has issued a rare red weather warning from 10am until 5pm on Friday, January 24, which covers Scotland’s central belt, western Scotland and the borders. Edinburgh is set to be battered by gusts of up to 90mph,

SCOTLAND is bracing for the storm of the century with up to 100mph winds primed to wreak havoc and the entire country urged to stay at home. Millions received an emergency alert on their phones

Tesco stores in parts of Scotland are to close amid a “danger to life” warning brought by Storm Eowyn. The supermarket giant is to close stores in some areas covered by the Met Office’s warning for Friday of winds with gusts of up to 100mph brought by Storm Eowyn.

The last time Scotland faced a red wind warning was in January 2024, when Storms Isha and Jocelyn delivered severe weather to the Highalnds and North East. Areas including Thurso, Wick, Elgin, Banff, Fraserburgh, and Peterhead were placed under the rare alert as the storms unleashed their fury.

An emergency alert is being sent to millions of people in Scotland ahead of the rare red warning. The last wind storm of this scale to affect Central Scotland was on 3 January 2012. At the time it prompted a Met Office red warning for wind that was similar in scale and scope to the one issued for Éowyn.

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The Met Office issued an upgraded red warning for Storm Éowyn, which is expected to arrive in Scotland early on Friday morning, bringing extremely high winds, with gusts reaching 100mph in some parts.

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Storm forecasters say "a strong event cannot be ruled out" in the UK - with an explosive cyclogenesis caused by a major drop in air pressure bringing the "risk of a few tornados".