Amber weather warning for wind issued

Amber weather warning for wind issued

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for wind which covers a large part of the Scottish Borders.

Key information

Warning in place from 7pm this evening to 3am tomorrow

Warning covers an area south of a line stretching from Moffat to Lauder and to just south of Cockburnspath

Gusts of up to 70mph are possible widely

Some coastal or exposed locations seeing gusts of around 80mph

High risk of travel disruption

Danger to life from flying debris

Risk of damage to property

Good chance of power cuts and disruption to other services

Injuries and danger to life from large waves in coastal communities

More information

Underlying yellow weather warnings which split the region also remain in place. The first comes into effect at 5pm today, running until 7am tomorrow. This covers the vast majority of the amber warning area.

The second, more northerly yellow warning, runs from 6pm tonight to 12noon tomorrow.

Travel advice

Due to the high risk of disruption, Police Scotland has issued travel advice, asking road users to consider if they really need to travel during adverse weather and urging people to consider delaying travel until conditions improve.

Reporting issues

Scottish Borders Council's normal out of hours contact arrangements (01896 752111) will be in place and will be the point of contact for weather-related issues.

In an emergency, call 999.

Updates

The severe weather webpage on the Council’s website has been made live, with relevant information and advice added.

This will be used to provide updates through this evening and on Sunday morning, along with the Council’s social media channels.

Further SB Alert messages will also be issued as required.

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