London, April 7 (IANS) Dozens of UK flights had been cancelled on Saturday as Storm Kathleen introduced sturdy winds and triggered the warmest day of the 12 months thus far, leaving travellers stranded in Edinburgh, Belfast, Manchester and Birmingham.
Greater than 130 flights departing and arriving at UK airports had been cancelled after the Met Workplace issued a yellow climate warning for the north-west and south-west of England and components of Northern Eire, Scotland and Wales.
Temperatures additionally soared throughout the UK because of the storm, which is reportedly anticipated to final till Sunday.
In addition to flights, rail and ferry companies have additionally been affected in Scotland.
The Surroundings Company issued 14 flood warnings — the place flooding is ‘anticipated’ — and 113 flood alerts in England on Saturday, with Nationwide Assets Wales issuing an extra six flood alerts. The Met Workplace warned of accidents and hazard to life from “massive waves and seaside materials being thrown onto seafronts, coastal roads and properties”, The Guardian reported.
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