Scotland is experiencing travel disruptions due to snow and rain as it recovers from Storm Gerrit, with a yellow weather warning in place throughout the country until midnight. The Met Office has issued alerts covering Grampian, the Highlands and Western Isles, central, Tayside, and Fife, with high ground areas expecting “significant snow,” possibly 10 to 20cm. A number of travel issues have already been reported, including the closure of the A82 to the north due to ice, a crash on the A9 near Gleneagles, with delays causing speed restrictions on rail lines, flights at Glasgow Airport being delayed because of snow on the runway and a number of ferry sailings being canceled or suspended.
Over 48,000 properties have lost power supplies due to the damage caused by Storm Gerrit. Power company SSEN has now restored power to all customers after reconnecting the final 250 homes in “small pockets” across Aberdeenshire, Perthshire, and The Great Glen by 23:00 on Friday. Those who lost power can apply for compensation, which will depend on how long they were without supply.
Saturday is expected to be another unsettled day, with heavy rain moving across the north-west and snow falling in higher Scottish areas. Meteorologist Craig Snell has warned that it will be a “difficult day to travel.” He adds that rain will move across the rest of the UK tonight, with gusts of 50mph in Wales and southern England likely and exposed areas seeing wind speeds of 65-75mph, possibly leading to road closures if branches come off trees.
Two people were rescued in Glen Tilt after becoming stuck in heavy snow, and the National Grid reports that 36,000 properties were temporarily left without electricity in Ceredigion after part of its network suffered a lightning strike. The Met Office has warned that its Irish counterpart, Met Eireann, could name another storm – Storm Hank – as a “deep area of low pressure” moves across the Republic of Ireland on Saturday
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