WINDS exceeding 100mph caused travel chaos and event cancellations as Storm Floris battered large parts of Britain today.

An amber warning was in place stretching from Scotland’s central belt to the north coast, with the Met Office warning that injuries and danger to life are expected from large waves hitting seafronts, coastal roads and properties.

A yellow warning for other parts of Scotland, as well as northern England and Wales, was in place until midnight.

Scottish Green co-leader Lorna Slater said: “We should not be seeing storms like this in August, but with climate chaos around us these kinds of scenes will only become more common and more severe.

“Our weather has been all over the place this summer, with heatwaves and wild fires giving way to storms and everything in between. We cannot let this be our future.

“We need a focus on mitigations and defences, but we also need leaders who are willing to take the local and international action needed to climate-proof our future.”