Storm Barra: What to expect across West Yorkshire

There's yellow weather warnings in force for ice and snow across the county

There's yellow weather warnings in force for West Yorkshire this afternoon
Published 7th Dec 2021

Storm Barra has hit the UK with disruptive winds, heavy rain and snow forecast for Tuesday.

The Met Office says we can expect some delays on the roads, as well as flights and trains to be impacted.

It could also bring more chaos to parts of the country that have been without power for 12 days now, since Storm Arwen hit.

Weather warnings for snow, ice, rain and wind have been issued as Storm Barra sweeps in from the Atlantic.

Weather warnings for Storm Barra

A yellow weather warning for heavy wind comes into effect from 9am on Tuesday, covering West Yorkshire.

It says there's a chance power could be lost for a short time.

Trains

National Rail has urged customers to check journeys before travelling, with the weather expected to impact on some services.

LNER has echoed that message, saying the storm could affect some of the services it runs through Leeds.

Any disruption could continue into Wednesday.

Hundreds still cut off

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister has said homes affected by the power cuts will have supply restored.

On Monday, when some 1,600 households in the North East were still without electricity - 10 days after Storm Arwen, Boris Johnson said he had spoken to the chief executive of Northern Powergrid and had been "assured they would be reconnected tomorrow at the latest".

Later on Monday evening, the electricity supplier said it had reduced the number of homes and businesses affected to 700.

There are concerns that gale-force winds on Tuesday could make it more difficult for engineers to reconnect homes, though spokesman Stephen Dixon said winds would "gradually weaken" as they move east and should have petered out by Thursday.

Following a call with the boss of Northern Powergrid, Phil Jones, the Prime Minister tweeted he had "asked for assurances that the energy supply companies were putting in place measures to limit any potential further disruption to households as a result of Storm Barra".

Labour has accused the Government of treating people in Scotland and the north of England as "second-class citizens".

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