Storm Barra latest: From travel disruption to school closures

Storm Barra is expected to bring ice, wind and rain – which could cause flooding for parts of the UK on Wednesday.

The Met Office has issued another yellow warning for wind for large parts of Wales that is in place until 6pm.

Aberdaron in Gwynedd has seen the highest wind gusts in the UK, reaching 86mph. Valley, also in Gwynedd saw the second highest wind gusts at 76mph, with Pembrey Sands in Carmarthenshire in fourth place with gusts of 73mph.

Met Office forecasters said Storm Barra is not expected to cause as much chaos as Storm Arwen.

Spokeswoman Nicky Maxey said: “We are not expecting the impacts of Barra to be as bad as we saw with Arwen.

“Storm Barra will bring strong winds and heavy rainfall to many parts of the UK today.

“We may see some snow on the higher ground, too.

“It is unlikely to be as impactful as Storm Arwen last week but there will be blustery conditions so people should still be prepared.”

On Tuesday night, Natural Resources Wales issued 11 flood warnings and 7 flood alerts, mainly covering coastal areas.

A social media post read: "Storm Barra has brought heavy rain and high winds across Wales today that's expected to last into the night. Take care if travelling in an affected area."

On Wednesday morning, there were 6 flood warnings and 14 flood alerts across Wales.

Storm Barra has also caused damage to a school roof in Dafen, Llanelli.

Ysgol y Bryngwyn in Carmarthenshire announced on its social media account that "high winds" had caused damage to the school roof on Tuesday afternoon and that the school would be closed on Wednesday.

The statement read: "High winds have caused damage to part of the roof at Ysgol Bryngwyn in Llanelli at approximately 4pm this afternoon. Most pupils had already left the school premises at the end of their school day - nobody was injured and all those still on site were evacuated calmly.

"The school will be closed tomorrow so that a full assessment of the damage can be undertaken when conditions improve.”

Transport for Wales have introduced a revised ‘emergency timetable’ to keep Wales moving and passengers are encouraged to only travel if essential.

Explaining the emergency timetable in further detail, Transport for Wales Director for Planning and Performance, Colin Lea, said: "As a minimum, all customers need to check before travelling on Tuesday and Wednesday as an emergency timetable will replace our current timetable.

"This means a significant amount of our services will either operate at different times, take much longer to reach destinations, or may not operate at all.

"The safety of our customers is at the heart of everything we do and while we understand this may be inconvenient, intense winds and extreme weather patterns mean we have to make these temporary changes. We thank all customers in advance."Transport for Wales Rail..

On Wednesday morning, around 90 trains were cancelled.

The M48 Severn Bridge was also closed on both ways due to strong winds between J2 A466 Wye Valley Link Road in Chepstow and the J1 A403 in Aust.

The A483 roads were also blocked both ways with slow traffic due to flooding from Llanbister to Llanddewi in Powys.