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Edinburgh Live
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Kirsty Feerick & Sian Traynor

Scottish Lidl shoppers have cars crushed as wall collapses under Storm Malik winds

Storm Malik has continued to cause chaos after high winds brought down a wall in Dalkeith.

Parked cars next to a Midlothian Lidl store were crushed after the 60mph gusts caused the stone structure to crumble at the edge of the car park on Saturday (January 29.)

Three vehicles were seen to have sustained significant damage, with the stones mainly falling on the bonnets and windscreens of the cars.

You can find all of the latest disruption from Storm Malik on our LIVE blog here.

An Audi A5, Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Fiesta were all seen to have been impacted when the wall collapsed, reports the Record.

It comes as an amber warning has been issued by the Met Office for Saturday, lasting from 7am until 3pm.

READ MORE - Edinburgh trains forced to cancel as Storm Malik batters across the city

Wind speeds of somewhere between 50-75mph are expected, with travel disruptions and closures occurring since the early hours of Saturday morning.

Sites such as Edinburgh Castle and Edinburgh Zoo have been closed for the day, with the Queensferry Crossing not open to high sided vehicles.

Over 60 ScotRail services in and out of the capital have also been cancelled, with further disruption expected.

Named by the Danish Meteorological Institute, Storm Malik is expected to bring in gusts reaching up to 80mph in coastal areas, but more widely 60mph, as it tracks eastwards towards Denmark.

Paul Gunderson, chief meteorologist for the Met Office, said: "The impacts of Storm Malik are going to be greatest in Denmark on Sunday, but the track of the storm in the preceding hours means that the UK will be dealt a glancing blow as Malik moves eastwards on Saturday.

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