Blizzards to hit Scotland as 15cm of snow expected to fall in week of weather chaos

“We have made good progress and supply restoration is now underway.

weather warning has been extended into Sunday.The Met Office have issued a fresh weather warning for freezing temperatures across the majority of Scotland.Blizzard like conditions are expected to hit the country, with the west coast being warned of Arctic winds.

snow is expected to hit Scotland with forecasters anticipating as much as 15cm to fall over a 24-hour period.The Met Office has issued a new yellow weather warning for western Scotland to come into force from midnight tonight.Wintry conditions are expected in Northern Ireland before being pushed east across the Irish Sea.Experts say that there is a chance of heavy snow to land in large parts of the west of Scotland, with high winds causing blizzard conditions over the hills.Stirling, the

Storm Darcy blizzards.Barry Forrest and Susan Morrison decided to embrace the snowy conditions in Kirkcaldy by throwing on the thermals and embarking on the ambitious project.It's the third igloo that Barry, 36, has built since purchasing a nifty 'icebox' tool from Canada several years ago.The igloo maker costs about £250 and works by creating compressed ice blocks.Barry told the Record: "Me and my girlfriend decided we'll go play in the snow and make an igloo so we started it last night."It's a

travel chaos this morning after power failures cancelled trains across Scotland.Due to damage to the overhead wires, no services are able to arrive at or depart from Glasgow Queen Street High Level at the moment.It means the busy routes from Glasgow to Edinburgh as well as Stirling and Aberdeen are currently halted.Services to and from Queen Street Low Level are not affected.In a post on Twitter Scotrail said: "We're currently seeing severe disruption across the network, particularly in the

Glasgow's Gallowgate has been struck by heavy flooding after a pipe burst pipe in the area.Thick dirty water has transformed the street into a brown river as mercy crews try to tackle the incident.Scottish Water are on the scene frantically trying to repair the broken pipe causing chaos on the scene this evening.Scots are being warned to stay away from the area as specialist teams attempt to stop the flooding.Scottish Water said: "A burst water main has been reported on Gallowgate, in the G40

icy slope'.The unknown woman was videoed 'pushing' the massive Grahams milk HGV on a snow covered street in Cowdenbeath, Fife earlier today as Storm Darcy continues to rage.In the 18-second clip, uploaded onto the popular Fife Jammers Facebook page, the huge eight-wheeled lorry can be seen moving forward as she pushes it from behind up the hill.The social media page captioned the video 'Just your average Cowdenbeath woman pushing a lorry up a hill.'It has since picked up hundreds of likes and

Storm Darcy hammers the country. As the 'Beast from the East 2' promises to leave up to 20cm snow in its wake, forecasters are now warning of "tough" driving conditions amid an amber weather warning.

Storm Darcy has triggered a new wave of Cold Weather Payments for dozens of postcodes across Scotland. Those eligible will receive £25 to cover their heating bills, which is paid automatically by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) into their bank account.

An amber weather warning for snow is in place across the central belt and east side until 9pm. A yellow weather warning for snow is in place for the rest of the country.

snow fall across Scotland left a four-by-four covered up to its roof in the white stuff. The country has been battered by bad weather with more set to come this week.