Leeds, weather: Live updates as Storm Eowyn winds cause major travel disruption on roads and railway lines
Leeds and the entirety of the UK is set to be battered by heavy winds today as Storm Eowyn wreaks havoc.
Weather warnings ranging from yellow, to amber, to red are in place across the country and in Leeds there is a yellow weather warning in place for the whole of the Friday.
Network Rail has urged train users “not to travel” north of York from 11am onwards due to the severe weather, particularly to the north of Newcastle and in Scotland, where there is a “risk to life” warning.
A number of “do not travel” are in place for lines from Leeds, including to and from Manchester Victoria, Carlisle, Morecambe, Skipton, Ilkley, Nottingham and Wigan via Dewsbury.
National Highways has also urged drivers to plan for disruption, saying that there is “a particularly high risk” that high-sided vehicles, caravans and motorbikes could be blown over.
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