SSEN crews had been working to revive power after storm harm close to Fort Augustus
About 750 houses had one other night without power 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 had been introduced again on provide between midnight and 01:00 – leaving the identical quantity nonetheless without power.
SSEN stated it was assured they might be reconnected in a while Friday.
It comes after homes in Cupar, Fife, had been flooded whereas drivers on the A9 within the Highlands had been stranded by snow.
Graeme Keddie, SSEN’s director of company affairs, advised the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “Our groups within the subject have made an incredible effort in restoring power to prospects affected by Storm Gerrit whereas battling some very robust 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 had been shut down with key routes between Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness closed.
Network Rail Scotland stated groups had been nonetheless working around the clock to reopen routes.
In Fife, the road between Cupar and Dundee stays closed because of a landslip.
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Network Rail stated its groups had 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 folks had been rescued from automobiles caught in flood water in Banchory, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service stated. No accidents had been reported.
SSEN stated about 14,000 houses had been left without power in a single day on Wednesday.
High winds broken the roof of the Shetland Hotel in Lerwick
More than 2,000 had been in Shetland, whereas the remaining had been unfold over the Highlands, Argyll, Orkney, Tayside and central Scotland and the north east.
Welfare vans serving scorching foods and drinks had been arrange in affected areas.
Mr Keddie insisted the agency had made “massive enhancements” on its most important community and buyer communications after hundreds had been left without power for every 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 serious incident was declared by Highland Council because the A9 was shut for hours because 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, had been cancelled on Wednesday night 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 harm to the motive force’s cab.
Th Rail Accident Investigation Branch stated it was “within the means of gathering info” and the incident can be reviewed within the coming days.
Mohamed Khalid of Ali’s Discount Store in Cupar
Welfare vans serving scorching meals had 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 injury to his store.
“Everything has been turned the other way up actually within the store,” he advised BBC Scotland.
“We do not know the place to start 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 way more critical 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 had been noticed the advantage of escalation would have been very restricted as emergency providers had been already responding to the scenario.
“We will review the efficiency of the warnings as part of this event as usual in the coming days.”
Travellers are dealing with 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 refill on provides following Storm Arwen.
“We were all ready,” she stated. “Candles to the ready, power packs to the ready. So it wasn’t too bad.”
Alick Bergman stated he had a “rough night” after a power reduce compelled him and his youngsters to shelter at his mother and father’ home.
But he had no complaints in regards to the Met Office warning system.
“Weather is a fickle beast,” he stated.
“Sometimes they’ll put out an amber warning and it doesn’t amount to much. Sometimes you don’t get a warning at all and it’s pretty horrendous. They do the best they can.”
Residents had 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 folks should still encounter troublesome driving circumstances because of floor water and flooding.
“We proceed to ask folks to plan forward, to drive appropriately and to take care out on the highway community.”
CalMac stated some ferry providers on Thursday had 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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