About 12,000 houses still without power while Storm Amy cleans continues

About 12,000 houses remain without electricity after storm Amy swept on Friday, causing generalized damage and disturbances to travel.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said that at 9 p.m. Sunday, 76,000 customers of the houses had been reconnected after the storm “extremely damaging” winds.

SSEN, the operator of the distribution network for the north of Scotland, said that engineers worked in “difficult” conditions to reconnect the remaining 12,000 houses.

The company said that several hundred engineers and arborists will work on the network on Monday to reconnect customers.

Weather warnings have now expired, but there have been disturbances for rail services on Sunday while work continues to repair the damage as a result of the storm.

Scotrail said that the services operated throughout the majority of the network on Sunday following “24 -hour work” by colleagues from Rail Network and expects the vast majority to take place on Monday.

However, there were no services on the lines of Inverness / Wick / Kyle from the far north on Sunday while the network teams of the network work on “complex” repairs.

There were no services on the Oban / Crianlarich / Fort William / Mallaig West Highland line for much of the day, although in the evening, Scotrail said that the sections between Fort William and Mallaig and between Oban and Crianlarich had reopened.

Scotrail advised customers to check the SCOTRAIL application, the website and social networks for the most up -to -date information on services before traveling.

Mark Ilderton, director of the SCOTRAIL services, said: “We are very happy that the vast majority of services now work. Storm Amy was even more serious than expected, with winds up to 100 MPH in certain parts of Scotland.

“This has led to very difficult conditions for the rail network and working with Network Rail, we have made the decision responsible for withdrawing the train services in many regions of the country where the weather conditions were the most serious.

“We understand the effect that this has on customers, but it was a necessary step to ensure the safety of passengers and staff, which is always our first priority.”

London North Eastern Railway said that the King of London Cross service at noon in Inverness will end in Edinburgh due to a fallen tree blocking all the lines at Moy Loop.

He said that customers traveling to Inverness and stations north of Edinburgh will receive road transport from Edinburgh.

A yellow wind warning was in place for the east and northeast of Scotland, Orcades and Shetland until noon on Sunday.

This came after the Met Office emitted a yellow weather warning for the wind covering the entire United Kingdom on Saturday, while Amber meteorological time warning “damaging” winds was in force in the north of Scotland until 9 p.m. that day.

The Met Office said that the gusts of wind had reached 96 MPH in the north of Scotland on Saturday, where Cassley saw 84.6 mm of rain fall in 24 hours.

Friday, weather warnings were also in place in a large part of the country when the storm struck for the first time.

Ssen said that wind speeds reached 96 MPH at lower levels on Tired Island on Friday and gusts of more than 100 mph in the exposed areas.

The company said most of the houses still without electricity are in the Highlands while certain communities of Argyll and Bute are also waiting to be reconnected.

Nik Wheeler, the head of SSEN customers’ operations for the north of Scotland, said: “With the damaging and supported winds of Storm Amy, our huge reconnection operation progresses well, although the access challenges due to the storm debris and the fallen trees remain a concern.

“There are even more engineers on the network today than yesterday, thanks to the arrival of dozens of additional teams from our colleagues network operators and contractual partners; They came here from all over the country, and we are grateful for their help.

“We appreciate that this takes a while to identify, access and repair all damage, due to the rare intensity and the prolonged nature of this storm. We do not keep the patience and understanding of our customers for acquired, and I want to thank them for our support while we reconnect them as safe as possible.

“I encourage people to take advantage of the supply of hot meals that we organize if they are capable and to familiarize themselves with the remuneration and the reimbursement to which they can be entitled.”

Irish police said that a man died during an incident “linked to bad weather” in the Letterkenny district of Donegal County, in the Republic of Ireland, shortly after 4:15 p.m. Friday.

The storm also caused transport disturbances with canceled ferries, affected flights and roads and railway lines blocked by fallen trees.

Network Rail Scotland said that from Sunday afternoon, they received reports from more than 420 incidents through the Scottish railway following Storm Amy and that the teams work hard to repair the damage.

The Met Office said that the “whirlwind of the clouds” associated with Storm Amy has now moved to Scandinavia.

In an article on social networks, he said: “Sunday was a less unstable day in the wake of Amy, but he is still windy in places with some showers in the West.”