for a time, there were problems at newcastle airport.at flights are resuming from newcastle airport but the railways as well and that area, there are delays and there will be some cancellations. the other big problem is the winds. that has been causing problems in the southwest and also in wales. we've seen pictures from lyme regis and porthleven of those harbours where you can see the waves and gusts and the isles of scilly of 67 mph. very strong winds. that could lead to some trees coming down. this is going to be localised in particular areas but we are also now seeing power cuts. there are around 1,000 homes in wales but don't have any power and there are areas in devon where there have been some power cuts down there. what happens when there is the strong winds? you can often see that these power lines will come down in these winds and that will lead to localised power cuts in some areas. the next issue we are going to see is probably flooding because we've had the snow and particularly in north yorkshire, the temperatures are risin

we know that newcastle airport a little earlier on was struggling, and that was because there has beenis northumberland. let's stay in the north—east of england and go to durham. this is the university area in durham, and again, that is what a lot of people woke up to this morning. snow there. let's had to scotland, because there has also been a lot of snow there. this is kilmarnock, where again you can see people have been out trying to clear the snow that has been hitting large parts of scotland. as you can see, a tractor. i wonder if thatis see, a tractor. i wonder if that is a local farmer heading out to try and create those roads. those are some of the pictures we have had in. let's get a look at the situation across the country. the men in the know and all morning is chris. joining us from our weather centre is chris fawkes. let's start with the snow. storm bert has been causing pretty big problems as we have been hearing. there is no initially coming down in there is no initially coming down in northern england and scotland, however through the day we have been tracking the mild

you talked about the cancellations, delays and diversions that have been taking place at newcastle airportnd that planes are now landing there again and hopefully things will be getting back to normal. there's also been a football fixture called off in blackburn. they were due to play portsmouth. well, maybe the away fans will be pleased that fixture has been cancelled and will be rearranged. also, you mentioned there have been power cuts. we think that there's about 1500 homes in western north yorkshire without power, and northern power grid are working as hard as they can to restore power. but conditions are very unpleasant and some roads are very inaccessible. the little side roads are still very inaccessible, but here in pateley bridge it is in terms of driving at least an improving picture, albeit not very nice to be standing out here at all. where are we going next? i think we are going here... catriona renton who was keeping an eye on the sitution in pitlochry. she told us what people in scotland should be preparing for. two of the other parts of scotland have been worst affected th

newcastle airport was badly affected with some flights cancelled, diverted and delayed.side the airport. and it has been a day to stay in if you could. these extremes do seem to be coming more frequently but one things for sure, right across the country today, farmers are going to be out tending their livestock. power outages affecting tens of thousands of homes in northern ireland, wales, england and scotland. it has been pretty tough out there. the weather conditions this morning were the most challenging with the snow, quite heavy in areas, difficulty getting access to some of the locations where we needed to carry out repairs. that's improved through the day as the rain has melted quite a lot of the snow so that's improved. the snow which fell across the north of england was inches deep, and is now rapidly melting so the concern now turns to flooding, with several environment agency flood warnings already in place. in addition, there are yellow warnings from the met office for snow, rain and wind, affecting large swathes of the country. disruption is likely to contin

you talked about the cancellations, delays and diversions that have been taking place at newcastle airportt planes are now landing there again and hopefully things will be getting back to normal. there's also been a football fixture called off in blackburn. they were due to play portsmouth. well, maybe the away fans will be pleased that fixture has been cancelled and will be rearranged. also, you mentioned there have been power cuts. we think that there's about 1500 homes in western north yorkshire without power, and northern power grid are working as hard as they can to restore power. but conditions are very unpleasant and some roads are very inaccessible. the little side roads are still very inaccessible, but here in pateley bridge it is in terms of driving at least an improving picture, albeit not very nice to be standing out here at all. yeah, absolutely. 0livia, just give us a sense, because i know you set off with your crew from leeds this morning. what was it like as you travelled along some of those roads today? well, this morning it was extremely hazardous. i'm just getting out of

advise the people is check before you set out, some flights have been delayed, for example, from newcastle airportso best to stay inside and monitor it all from here. , , ., , . ., here. very wise words. we have not here. very wise words. we have got another _ here. very wise words. we have got another live _ here. very wise words. we have got another live page _ here. very wise words. we have got another live page running i got another live page running on a storm bert and its effect on a storm bert and its effect on the bc news website. you can get all the headlines, some of which simon hasjust get all the headlines, some of which simon has just referred to and also the conditions that some part of the uk are having to cope with. all of the detail right there on the website. lebanese officials have denied any hezbollah officials were in an eight—storey beirut building flattened in israeli air strikes which the lebanese health ministry says killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 60. a security source told aljazeera tv there was "no truth" to reports of a his brother presence. truth" to r

newcastle airport was badly affected, with some flights cancelled or diverted and delayed.se pictures were taken from inside the airport and it has been a day to stay in if you could. these extremes do seem to be coming more frequently, but one things for sure right across the country today, now rapidly melting. so the concern now turns to flooding, with several environment agency flood warnings already in place. in addition, there are yellow warnings from the met office for snow, rain and wind affecting large swathes of the country. disruption is likely to continue overnight and tomorrow, with some weather warnings in place until 9:00 tomorrow morning. storm bert has been described as a multi—hazard event, and the advice in the worst affected areas is to check before travelling. but if you're heading out, make sure you're at least dressed for it. olivia richwald, bbc news. we are continuing to watch what is going on. i'm joined by bbc weather presenter elizabeth rizzini. still a lot more rain to come and strong and gusty wind. we saw the snow melt earlier today and of cour

earlier, flights were unable to take off and land for a time at newcastle airport and in parts of the right across the country today, farmers are going to be out tending their livestock. for others, like here in cumbria, it was the rain and flooding that caused problems. in wales, five adults and five children were rescued from a property after a landslide. northern ireland also saw significant flooding, here engulfing a railway line. national grid says over 2,000 buildings in england and wales are still without electricity. it�*s been pretty tough out there. the weather conditions this morning were probably the most challenging with the snow. it was quite heavy in areas and difficult getting access to some of the locations where we needed to carry out repairs, and that�*s kind of improved through the day as the rain�*s come and melted quite a lot of the snow. so, that�*s improved. the snow which fell across the north of england this morning was inches deep and is now rapidly melting. so, the concern now turns to flooding with several environment agency flood warnings already in place

the snow which has hit the northeast, north yorkshire and scotland, and in particular the airport in newcastlerning so that has been causing problems there. they've had cruise out to try to keep the runway open. we can also bring you live pictures from edinburgh where there has been snow, which is affecting the bus services stop lothian buses, the biggest municipal bus operator in the country, are having to suspend all of their bus services in edinburgh at the moment. this is due to the adverse weather across the network. buses, they say, are unable to continue due to safety concerns. also, the queensferry crossing bridge is closed at the moment because of the danger of falling ice from some of the cables across the bridge, so the traffic being diverted. scotland being particularly badly hit by the conditions. it has been snow that has been hitting the northeast of england and scotland but it is the winds that are causing issues in the western area. we have seen pictures from lyme regis, the winds they are, and also port levin in cornwall. that is affecting the railway services. we are hearing

the north—east of england also hit, the airport in newcastle has been affected by the snow as has scotlandwe will have all the details coming up. also the m70 87 bridge is closed due to the current wind speed. storm bert could bring up to 30 centimetres of snow as the condition sweep across the country with a hazardous mix of wet and wintry conditions. let me show you where there are alerts in force, the first two amber once after heavy snow and ice are in force across scotland and also covering parts of yorkshire and the north—east of england. that is where we have seen the snow. elsewhere, we have the yellow wind, rain and snow warnings from the map you can see covering much of the rest of the united kingdom. let's show you the path that storm bert took overnight and into this morning. you can see that rain band coming and covering the country along with the snow, extremely heavy rain expected up extremely heavy rain expected up to 150 millimetres over the high ground. let's show you some of the live pictures. let's go to lyme regis first, this is where the high winds will be causing pro

wright, an hour ago. you were just mentioning that newcastle airport had been closed. tes flight from dubai successfully landed and that means the airport is now open again, there will be 300 happy people on that flight and indeed 300 very happy people waiting to fly from newcastle to dubai, which at the moment is slightly warmer and drier, i understand. but we have seen diversions, flights from belfast this morning went back to belfast. a couple of flights from amsterdam ended up in edinburgh and we have had cancellations from heathrow and from amsterdam on klm. actually, heathrow is when we are seeing very significant number of cancellations, almost 50. short—hauland number of cancellations, almost 50. short—haul and domestic european flights on british airways from heathrow to places such as glasgow, manchester and so on across to nice at various other points, people will be rebooked on alternative flights. aer lingus cancelling a couple of flights and lufthansa to frankfurt. luftha nsa to fra nkfu rt. fra nkly, lufthansa to frankfurt. frankly, if you are merely bein

when it comes to airports, we've been hearing that particularly newcastle airport has been having problemsth what they say has been the heavy snow. they have snow teams out trying to clear the runway in newcastle but flights are likely to be delayed and could be cancelled. again, if you are planning on flying out of newcastle, check. and in the west and southwest of the country, it is the winds causing the issue. we can expect gusts of up to 70 mph during the day.— during the day. weather presenter _ during the day. weather presenter chris - during the day. weather presenter chris fawkes l during the day. weather - presenter chris fawkes jointly added layer for an overview. met office have issued amber alerts for this because you can see the rain is bumping into the cold air. that is the white on the radar picture. in terms of the amount of snow, across the high ground of northern england, we are looking at 20 or 30 centimetres of snow. a similar thing for southern scotland with the amber weather warnings in force until the middle part of the day, then further northwards into northern scot

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