Weather: Power cuts hit homes as Storm Isha winds hit

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Weather: Power cuts hit homes as Storm Isha winds hit

Severe winds and heavy rain caused by Storm Isha hit the UK on Sunday, leaving thousands of homes without power. A gust of 90mph was recorded on Capel Curig, in Eryri, also known as Snowdonia. The Met Office has issued a danger-to-life wind warning that will be in force from 6pm GMT on Sunday to 6am on Monday, while a rain warning will be in place from midnight to 6am. The whole of the UK is covered by wind warnings.

According to the National Grid, at one point on Sunday night, more than 3,000 properties were without power. More than 1,400 were in Carmarthenshire, about 500 in Neath Port Talbot, and a similar amount again in Pembrokeshire. Scottish Power doesn’t provide figures for North Wales but its power cut map showed several postcodes as affected.

Rail, sea, and air travellers faced disruption, with cancellations, closures, and delays. Great Western Railway said delays were likely on all routes. Transport for Wales cancelled a number of services. Avanti West Coast also cancelled all routes, while flights to Cardiff Airport from Edinburgh and Amsterdam were cancelled, and a Ryanair flight from Dublin was delayed.

Each storm is named when it poses a risk to people and they are given names beginning with consecutive letters of the alphabet. Storm Isha is the ninth named storm to hit the UK this season

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