Storm Unleashes High Winds, Snow in UK, Ireland [1]

Accuweather.com - 2/06/13, Meghan Evans

Photo of snow in Lennoxtown, Scotland, early Tuesday morning Feb. 5, 2013 taken by Mark Vogan [2].

A storm early this week has been unleashing extreme winds, snow and battering surf to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Blizzard conditions were stirred across the Scottish Highlands Monday night into Tuesday morning. Traffic Scotland [3] reports difficult and dangerous travel conditions across portions of Scotland due to snow and ice-packed roadways and high winds. Traffic was down to one lane along some highways as a result.

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