Winds of up to 90 miles an hour and heavy rain are battering Scotland and England , disrupting road traffic and rail services, as northern Europe braces for heavy storms sweeping across the North Atlantic and the North Sea. Authorities issued severe flood warnings for northern parts of the U.K. as gales spread across the region. ScotRail suspended all rail services, sending trains to the nearest station to allow passengers to disembark safely. The airport in Hamburg, Germany’s main export hub, canceled 17 takeoffs and landings while authorities prepared for storm tides and monitored ships entering the Elbe estuary. A low pressure system dubbed Xaver may reach hurricane force with wind speeds of more than 140 kilometers (87 miles) an hour as it traverses southern parts of the North Sea before reaching landfall on the northern German and Danish coast around noon today, according to the German Weather Service […]