Huge swathes of the UK remain under weather alerts after Storm Amy barrelled in with winds nearing 100mph last night.

Major parks have been closed, railways have been disrupted and ‘risk to life’ warnings have been issued over strong winds in some areas.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind covering the whole of the UK, while the north of Scotland also faces a new amber warning for ‘damaging’ winds with gusts of more than 90mph in some areas.

Meanwhile, Royal Parks confirmed closure of all of its national parks in London due to ‘severe wind gusts’, including Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and St James Park.

Scotland is facing continued power outages, mainly in the Highlands which have been worst affected by weather.

Fraser Wilson, of the Scottish and Southern Ele

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