Met Office and Met Éireann have issued high-level warnings as Storm Boelo approaches, with an amber weather warning in force across much of Scotland and parts of northern England and Northern Ireland from 21:00 BST Saturday to 21:00 BST Sunday. Forecasters say gusts of 60 to 70 mph are expected widely, with exposed coastal areas possibly seeing up to 80 mph, and heavy persistent rain raising the risk of localised flooding. ScotRail has warned of severe rail disruption and confirmed some train services will be cancelled after 21:00 on Saturday. The National Grid reported engineers restored power to more than 60,000 properties after Storm Austen but said hundreds of homes remained without electricity as Boelo nears. Yellow wind warnings cover Orkney, the rest of Northern Ireland and northern England, where isolated gusts could reach 80 mph. Met Éireann has put a Status Orange rain warning in place for counties including Kerry and Galway. Forecasts indicate a further area of low pressure may deepen from the Atlantic on Monday into Tuesday, risking another spell of very windy, wet weather before high pressure brings calmer conditions later in the week.
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