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UK weather: Met Office issues urgent warning for Christmas Eve with dangerous winds set to batter Britain
A heavy blizzard is also expected for one part of the UK
THE Met Office has issued an urgent warning for Christmas Eve - with dangerous winds set to batter Britain.
Yellow wind warnings will be in place on Sunday for north east England and northern Scotland.
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Strong and "very gusty" winds could damage buildings, spark travel chaos and cause power cuts.
The wind warning in northern Scotland will persist into Monday, making for a blustery Christmas.
A yellow rain warning has also been issued for most of Wales, with a chance of flooding.
There is also an urgent yellow warning in place today, with more coming into force tomorrow.
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Snow and ice is forecast for northern Scotland from 9pm tonight until midday tomorrow.
Journeys by road, rail and air are all likely to be longer in the warning zone.
Scots have been told to look out for icy patches on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.
Up to 15cm of snow could fall in some areas before it turns into rain.
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A heavy blizzard is also expected for the Shetland Islands from 3pm today until 10am tomorrow.
This morning the Met Office also issued yellow rain warnings for western Scotland and Wales tomorrow.
It comes after Storm Pia yesterday sparked Christmas getaway chaos as 80mph winds battered Britain and halted festive travel plans.
Strong winds blasted most of the country, with felled trees blocking roads, dozens of flights grounded and trains cancelled.
The Eurostar was suddenly halted yesterday by a workers' strike, trapping those trying to get home for their winter holiday.
British Airways grounded two dozen domestic and European flights to and from London Heathrow, including multiple links to and from Amsterdam.
One easyJet flight was forced to divert from Gatwick to Luton after it was buffeted by crosswinds.
Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow were also among the routes experiencing cancellations.
All trains to and from London Euston were cancelled after overhead electric wires toppled onto the lines at Watford Junction.
The concourse at Euston was packed with passengers who had hoped to get a train home for Christmas from the station.
Pilots battled to land a diverted plane at Birmingham Airport in 50mph crosswinds.
A Finnair flight from Helsinki to Manchester also aborted its landing moments before its wheels touched the tarmac.
TransPennine Express issued a "Do Not Travel" warning until 3pm for customers planning to head to and from Edinburgh.
ScotRail had also cancelled trains along seven routes including Inverness to Aberdeen.
Kings Cross St Pancras was flooded with distraught travellers left stranded by the Eurostar walkout earlier.
All schools in the Shetland Islands were shut as locals bunker down against the storm.
Locals reeled as the wind blew smashed glass into the entrance of an M&S in Bolton, Greater Manchester.
A telephone line burst into flames in Barnsley during the storm, sparking a power outage.
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Christmas markets in Liverpool and Hereford shut following the yellow warning.
A man was taken to hospital after the storm toppled a tree onto a car on the A515 in Derbyshire.
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