SSEN crews have been working to revive energy after storm injury close to Fort Augustus
About 750 houses had one other night time with out energy after Storm Gerrit introduced snow and floods to Scotland.
Power firm SSEN stated it had managed to revive provides to greater than 45,000 properties, with residents within the north east and Shetland worst affected.
Of these, about 750 have been introduced again on provide between midnight and 01:00 – leaving the identical quantity nonetheless with out energy.
SSEN stated it was assured they’d be reconnected in a while Friday.
It comes after homes in Cupar, Fife, have been flooded whereas drivers on the A9 within the Highlands have been stranded by snow.
Graeme Keddie, SSEN’s director of company affairs, advised the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “Our groups within the discipline have made an incredible effort in restoring energy to prospects affected by Storm Gerrit whereas battling some very powerful climate circumstances.
“Using the useful resource ranges we had constructed up earlier than the storm, we’re assured that we will reconnect these remaining prospects all through as we speak.”
In Scotland, officers stated rail providers north of Perth and Dundee have been shut down with key routes between Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness closed.
Network Rail Scotland stated groups have been nonetheless working around the clock to reopen routes.
In Fife, the road between Cupar and Dundee stays closed as a consequence of a landslip.
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Network Rail stated its groups have been nonetheless working to reopen routes.
In the Highlands a telegraph pole that fell on the tracks close to Helmsdale blocked the road between Tain and Wick.
Trains between Dumfries and Kilmarnock are anticipated to stay cancelled till in a while Friday due to landslip particles on the tracks close to Sanquhar.
There was additionally flooding within the Whitesands space of Dumfries and on the A96 at Huntly, whereas bushes have fallen throughout the A82 south of Invergarry.
Meanwhile six individuals have been rescued from automobiles caught in flood water in Banchory, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service stated. No accidents have been reported.
SSEN stated about 14,000 houses have been left with out energy in a single day on Wednesday.
High winds broken the roof of the Shetland Hotel in Lerwick
More than 2,000 have been in Shetland, whereas the remainder have been unfold over the Highlands, Argyll, Orkney, Tayside and central Scotland and the north east.
Welfare vans serving sizzling food and drinks have been arrange in affected areas.
Mr Keddie insisted the agency had made “huge enhancements” on its predominant community and buyer communications after hundreds have been left with out energy for per week following Storm Arwen in 2021.
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The A9 at Scrabster, Caithness, was blocked by a landslide
The Met Office issued a yellow climate warning for a lot of Scotland on Wednesday.
A warning masking Shetland was prolonged till 06:00 on Thursday, with Lerwick registering its strongest wind gust in seven years at 83mph.
A significant incident was declared by Highland Council because the A9 was shut for hours as a consequence of heavy snow, leaving drivers trapped of their automobiles close to the Pass of Drumochter.
Caledonian Sleeper providers, to and from Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William, have been cancelled on Wednesday night time whereas the British Transport Police was referred to as out to reviews {that a} prepare had been struck by a tree close to Broughty Ferry station.
Pictures confirmed intensive injury to the motive force’s cab.
Th Rail Accident Investigation Branch stated it was “within the strategy of gathering info” and the incident could be reviewed within the coming days.
Mohamed Khalid of Ali’s Discount Store in Cupar
Welfare vans serving sizzling meals have been arrange in Fort Augustus and different affected areas
In Cupar, Mohamed Khalid of Ali’s Discount Store estimated flooding had prompted £150,000 of harm to his store.
“Everything has been turned the wrong way up actually within the store,” he advised BBC Scotland.
“We do not know the place to begin with the clear up process.”
David Duguid, Conservative MP for Banff and Buchan, raised considerations that an amber alert ought to have been in place.
“The impact of the climate in north east Scotland in final 24 hours has felt much more severe than ‘yellow’,” he posted on X, previously Twitter. “Many of my constituents asking why this wasn’t amber.”
A Met Office spokesperson advised BBC Scotland News that the warning was not raised to amber as a result of “the chance of disruption on a county scale remained too low to escalate till a really quick lead time”.
They added: “Once impacts have been noticed the advantage of escalation would have been very restricted as emergency providers have been already responding to the scenario.
“We will evaluation the effectivity of the warnings as a part of this occasion as traditional within the coming days.”
Travellers are going through disruption as Storm Gerrit hits Scotland
Power went off within the village of Tarland, Aberdeenshire, from about 10:00 on Wednesday morning.
Anne Keith advised BBC Scotland News that residents knew to fill up on provides following Storm Arwen.
“We have been all prepared,” she stated. “Candles to the prepared, energy packs to the prepared. So it wasn’t too dangerous.”
Alick Bergman stated he had a “tough night time” after an influence reduce pressured him and his kids to shelter at his dad and mom’ home.
But he had no complaints in regards to the Met Office warning system.
“Weather is a fickle beast,” he stated.
“Sometimes they’re going to put out an amber warning and it does not quantity to a lot. Sometimes you do not get a warning in any respect and it is fairly horrendous. They do one of the best they will.”
Residents have been rescued from houses in Cupar, Fife, on Wednesday
Stein Connelly, head of transport resilience at Transport Scotland, stated: “The climate has improved and the Met Office warnings have ended, however individuals should encounter troublesome driving circumstances as a consequence of floor water and flooding.
“We proceed to ask individuals to plan forward, to drive appropriately and to take care out on the street community.”
CalMac stated some ferry providers on Thursday have been prone to disruption or cancellation at quick discover.
First Minister Humza Yousaf stated the Scottish authorities’s resilience operation had been activated on Wednesday night.
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