Travel chaos ensues amid treacherous conditions as Scots warned not to travel

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THE Met Office has shared a list of six areas in Scotland affected by an amber warning.

The weather alert will be active between 7am-5pm today as snow and ice hits the country.

In preparation, the forecasting body has issued advice including to carefully planning travel arrangements.

The Met Office has warned that the severe weather could cause power cuts and issues with mobile phone coverage.

And there is a slight chance that some rural communities could become cut off.

Half a dozen areas will be affected including Angus, Perth and Kinross, Stirling, Aberdeenshire, Highlands and Argyll and Bute.

A yellow warning for wind starts at 5am on Saturday and lasts to 7pm.

It will affect Angus, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Highland, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders, Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire.

An earlier second yellow warning for rain and snow affected all of Scotland from 4am to 9am.

Heavy snow will spread north eastwards on Saturday morning, giving significant accumulations in many areas.

Accumulations of 10-20 cm are likely on ground typically above 200m, with potentially as much as 20-40 cm on high ground above 400m.

Snow will eventually revert to rain during Saturday afternoon, but may be preceded by a short spell of freezing rain in places adding to the ice risk.