Motorists warned not to drive as hurricane-force winds lash Scotland

winds up to 100 mph is probably near bridges and drain on vehicles and property damage, police say

motorists across central Scotland were warned by police not to drive after noon on Thursday due to hurricane force winds sweeping the country.

Police said the alert was "not lightly", but said the winds, which have already beat the gusts of 100 mph at a weather station Highland, probably near the bridges, blow on high-sided vehicles and property damage.

The warning came as thousands of schools across west and central Scotland has been closed or closing early, after the Met Office has issued a red alert for strong winds across the central belt. A school bus had no children, was shot near Dalry, but the pilot was not injured.

the Forth Road Bridge was completely closed and is likely to remain closed until Thursday evening. Allan Moffat, head of the police station deputy police in Scotland, on behalf of the eight Scottish forces, said that many bridges have been more likely to close.

"The advice to avoid travel is not given lightly, but is based on the information clearer, even meteorologists strong winds with gusts up to 90 km per hour" , he said.

"The timing of these exceptional conditions, is between noon and 19:00, and I get clear information from a wide area of ??Scotland will be affected. May be putting themselves at considerable risk when traveling in these conditions. "

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was informed of the extremely difficult conditions off the coast of Scotland, with winds up to 9 severe storm to storm 11.

colleges and universities, parks, public buildings, municipal offices and airports in central Scotland have closed or are seeing major disruptions.

Nicola Sturgeon, the first deputy minister said Thursday morning the weather should be "absolutely remarkable" and "dangerous" in western, central and southern Scotland, might reach or previous to failure rate of wind speed records.

Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland, Sturgeon added that some schools already due to close at noon may be closed earlier if the weather deteriorates faster.

• "The latest information from Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office ... shows that we can expect very strong winds, with wind speeds not seen for many years, through much of western, central and southern Scotland throughout Thursday, "he said.

"In light of [the] latest forecasts, in particular the time specified in bad weather affects the central western part of the country ahead of schedule, some of these closing hours may change . "

In southwest Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway Council meetings canceled. Glasgow and Strathclyde universities canceled classes and exams and advised students not to travel with other universities after the match. Across Scotland, 24 of the 32 local authorities closed schools for the day, or noon.

high winds hit the Western Isles in the early hours of Thursday. Transport chiefs and police reported road closures caused by flooding has caused severe disruption to travelers around the center-west and central Scotland.
Although stressed the winds are not expected to continue through Thursday night, the Met Office said that during the time of driving conditions were probably "extremely poor".

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