The First Minister has told people to follow the advice of the police and the Met Office for storm Eowyn tomorrow.
He said the police will issue ‘do not travel’ advice and councils will take decisions on school closures and the government high-level Resilience Room has been convened.
John Swinney, said: “The Met office has this morning issued a very rare red weather warning for Scotland for Storm Eowyn tomorrow.
“The warning covers parts of Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, all of Strathclyde and Lothian and Borders and southern parts of Fife.
“The red weather warning is expected to begin at 10 am tomorrow morning and last until 5pm tomorrow evening.
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“A wider amber warning for high winds across the whole country and a yellow warning for snow in some parts also still remain in place.
“The storm could bring winds of up to 100mph. The Met Office advice is clear The potential impacts include danger to life, structural damage to property and transport and power disruption.
“So we have to be clear: people should not travel and Police Scotland will issue a formal do not travel advisory notice shortly.
“Councils will make decisions on school closures.
“The government is of course ready to respond.
“SCORR our resilience and emergency system, was activated this morning to coordinate help and support Scotland’s frontline responders, including police fire service and ambulance service.
“I will chair a meeting of the resilience room today and further advice will be issued to the public.
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“Red weather warnings like this are very rare, our message is simple please follow the advice from the Met office and the police, take this seriously and stay safe.”
