Storm Floris: northern UK braces for high winds and travel disruption – live updates

Amber alert due in Scotland with warnings winds could reach 85mph

We have some more comments from Jim Dale, the founder of the British Weather Services who has been speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning.

The meteorologist said:

Remember this is summertime: people are milling around on holiday, bank holiday in Scotland, for example.

So some ‘summer articles’, if you like, in gardens, on the beaches, are all going to be there: slides, picnic tables, swings, all ready to be thrown around by the wind. That’s the danger that we’ve got at this moment in time.