Scotland is expected to be hit by Storm Jocelyn on Tuesday, leading to more weather warnings being issued. The Met Office has issued both amber and yellow wind warnings in the wake of Storm Isha, which caused widespread disruption throughout the country. All ScotRail services will be suspended from 7 p.m. on Tuesday, with no rush-hour services on Wednesday morning. The wind could reach up to 60/70 mph, leading to risks of trees falling onto the tracks and making train conditions unsafe.
On Sunday, an 84-year-old passenger died in a car accident when the vehicle hit a fallen tree. The Amber warning will be for the west coast of Scotland and part of the north and northeast from 6 p.m. on Tuesday till 8 a.m. on Wednesday. There will also be a yellow wind warning in place from 4 p.m. on Tuesday till noon on Wednesday as well as a yellow warning for rain from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday. All trains leaving before 7 p.m. on Tuesday will finish their journey, but no services will begin their journey after that time.
ScotRail will undertake safety checks before trains can operate, meaning that no trains will run early on Wednesday morning. The safety of staff and passengers will always be ScotRail’s priority as Phil Campbell, ScotRail’s customer operations director, points out. The railway network was also suspended on Sunday evening, with repairs still ongoing on some lines. Calmac canceled a number of ferry services on Tuesday, and other services may face disruption.
As of 6:30 p.m. on Monday, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) still had 19 flood warnings and 10 alerts in place. Storm Jocelyn is the 10th named storm to hit the UK since September. Gusts of up to 84mph have been recorded so far, and parts of central and southern Scotland registered their highest wind gusts in the last decade. Glasgow and Edinburgh recorded their strongest gusts since 5 December 2013
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