THE MET Office ha named a storm ahead of 70mph winds as danger to life warning is extended to the whole of Britain.
The storm is expected to batter the country with “very strong winds” and severe travel disruption.
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Injuries and danger to life are “likely” from large waves and beach material being thrown onto coastal roads, seafronts and properties, the Met Office said.
There is a “good chance” that power cuts may occur, and there could also be damage to buildings, forecasters warned.
The amber warning is in place from 6pm on Sunday until 9am on Monday.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of whipping winds and heavy rain to sweep across the nation this weekend into early Monday.
Spells of heavy rain are joining forces with robust winds taking centre stage in Wales.
Southwesterly winds coming from the Atlantic are likely to gust to around 70mph hitting exposed coasts, with up to 60mph inland.
Forecasters predict a torrential downpour to hit over the hills – where rain is expected to fall widely.
Snowdonia will witness substantial rainfall raging between 20-50mm – with potential peaks reaching up to 100mm in coastal areas.
Yellow alerts for snow and ice are still in place in Scotland where wintry showers threaten to disrupt travel.
Northern Scotland and the Northern Isles are under extended warnings at least until today.
Met Office deputy chief meteorologist David Hayter said: “Conditions will stay cold on Friday but a change in weather type is on the way, bringing milder air for the UK during the course of the weekend.
“This change will initially be relatively benign in terms of weather impacts, with a dry Friday and start to Saturday for many in the south of the UK.
“The Atlantic influence will then introduce some wet and windy weather, with a deep area of low pressure approaching from the west on Sunday.
“While detail is still being worked out, we expect windy weather for many and some heavy rain in the west and so we’ve issued warnings for Sunday for wind and rain.”
While temperatures plunged to a bone-chilling temperatures on Thursday, the Met Office has predicted a gradual ascent.
Although Friday is expected to be breezier with more cloud in places, lows of -10C will again be likely in some northern areas.
It comes as all schools in Shetland and Orkney were closed on Thursday amid the wintry conditions.
In Aberdeenshire around 130 schools were shut while others had delayed openings.
The UK had its coldest night of the winter so far on Tuesday into Wednesday, when Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands experienced a temperature of -14C.
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