Tag: Shetland
Scotland: Hundreds of schools shut due to snow, freezing weather | Mint
In northern Scotland¸ hundreds of schools have been shut after a weather warning for snow and ice was extended until Friday. The Met Office has warned that snowfall could reach up to 10 cm in higher regions. The office has issued ‘Yellow’ warning for Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, the Highlands, Orkney and Shetland, as well as the Outer Hebrides. The yellow warning forecast took effect at 12:00 on Wednesday and is in place until 10 am on Friday. Overnight on Wednesday, temperatures dropped as low as minus 12C at Tulloch Bridge in the Highlands and Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway plummeted ... Read more