{"id":12557,"date":"2024-05-22T10:26:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T09:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weatherforecast.co.uk\/blog\/?post_type=weather-warning&#038;p=12557"},"modified":"2024-05-22T10:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T09:26:11","slug":"met-office-issues-yellow-warning-for-orkney-shetland","status":"publish","type":"weather-warning","link":"https:\/\/weatherforecast.co.uk\/blog\/weather-warning\/met-office-issues-yellow-warning-for-orkney-shetland\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Office Issues Yellow warning for Orkney &amp; Shetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A region of intense rainfall is forecasted to move northwestward across the warned area by late Wednesday afternoon and continue into Thursday morning, before diminishing in intensity. During this time, rainfall totals of 20-30 mm are expected across a wide area, with some higher elevations possibly receiving over 60 mm of rain. The strong and gusty northerly winds may worsen the effects of the rainfall. <\/p>\n<p>To prepare for potential flooding, assess the risk to your property and create a flood plan along with an emergency flood kit. Stay informed about road conditions, transportation schedules, and adjust your travel arrangements accordingly to avoid delays. Facilitate coping with power outages by gathering essentials such as torches, batteries, a mobile phone charger, and other necessary items in advance. Keep in mind that weather warnings can change rapidly, so stay updated with the local weather forecast when warnings are issued by the Met Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12557","weather-warning","type-weather-warning","status-publish","hentry","category-weather-warnings"],"acf":[],"meta_box":{"mbww_title":"Severe rain could cause disruptions in western and northern Scotland.","mbww_dates":"","mbww_regions":"<div>\n<h4>Highlands &amp; Eilean Siar<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Na h-Eileanan Siar<\/li>\n<li>Highland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Orkney &amp; Shetland<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Orkney Islands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Strathclyde<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Argyll and Bute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","mbww_date_from":"2024-05-22 17:00:00","mbww_date_to":"2024-05-23 10:00:00","mbww_level":"","mbww_summary":"<ul>\n<li>Bus and train services likely impacted with longer journey times expected<\/li>\n<li>Spray and flooding on roads likely leading to longer journey times<\/li>\n<li>Possible flooding of a few homes and businesses<\/li>\n<li>Some disruption to power supplies and other services possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherforecast.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/weather-warning\/12557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherforecast.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/weather-warning"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherforecast.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/weather-warning"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weatherforecast.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherforecast.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weatherforecast.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}