SNOW and ice warnings have been issued to Brits as Storm Eowyn continues to batter parts of the UK.
THE Met Office have urged Brits to “be prepared” with a number of snow and ice warnings issued.
Travel chaos is expected to continue into the weekend after at least 1,070 flights were axed and 150,000 passengers affected on Friday.
Several yellow weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office over Saturday and Sunday.
Four yellow warnings for wind, snow and ice remain in place this morning after an amber alert expired.
A snow and ice warning across more southern and eastern parts of Scotland was lifted at 11am.
Yesterday, rare red alerts were put in place across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man.
It is the first such warning issued for the island in seven years and as a result Ronaldsway Airport says it will remain closed.
Lesser wind warnings cover much of the rest of the UK – while snow and ice yellow warnings have been issued for the weekend.
A gust of 100mph has now been recorded at Drumalbin in Scotland, the Met Office has said.
Prior to that, a top speed of 96mph was recorded at Brizlee Wood in Northumberland.
While 93mph was measured at Aberdaron in Gwynedd, north Wales, earlier this morning.
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Elsewhere a mum and daughter were only seconds away from being crushed by a flying metal shed.
Around 4.5 million people in affected areas received an emergency alert on their phones on Thursday from RAC Breakdown in what has been the “largest real life use of the tool to date”.
Analysis of flight tracking website Cirium said 1,070 UK flights have been cancelled.