Storm Amy: 34,000 without power as travel chaos continues across Scotland

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More than 34,000 homes are still without power in the aftermath of Storm Amy as strong winds continue to hit Scotland.

A yellow warning of wind is in place for the east and north east of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland until midday on Sunday.

Forecasters have predicted gusts of between 70mph and 80mph until the afternoon as Storm Amy slowly clears to the north east.

The country’s travel network will continue to experience a hangover from Friday’s storm, which saw wind gusts in excess of 100 mph.

The weather has damaged power supplies, brought down trees, and left debris strewn across roads and train lines.

The Met Office said wind gusts reached 96mph across northern Scotland on Saturday, where Cassley saw 84.6mm of rain fall in 24 hours.

Power lines were damaged during Storm Amy SSEN

As of 8.30pm on Saturday, 34,000 homes remained without power as engineers worked through persistent storm-force winds to reconnect those impacted.

SSEN has warned that the updated yellow warning for wind could pose further challenges and cause additional network damage.

Glasgow & West

Police called to showroom damaged by Storm Amy after locals report ‘looting’

Police were called to the property on Friday night after locals spotted a man entering the damaged building and leaving with an item.

The Met Office said: “Strong west to north-westerly winds are expected to continue across the Northern Isles and also affect parts of northern and eastern mainland Scotland through the first part of Sunday, as Storm Amy slowly pulls away to the east.

“Gusts of 60 to 70 mph are possible through the early hours, especially in more exposed areas.

“Winds should generally ease from the west through the morning although (they) will remain strong over, and to the lee of, mountains for some time afterwards.”

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Building collapses and crushes car as Storm Amy batters Scotland

Network Rail said the storm’s impact hit harder than expected, with additional routes forced to shut around Glasgow and the south west.

More than 170 separate incidents were reported to Network Rail in light of the weather.

ScotRail has confirmed that it is operating services across the majority of the network.

The West Highland Line – Oban / Crianlarich / Fort William / Mallaig and Far North Line – Inverness / Wick / Kyle line will not be operating due to complex repairs.

Infrastructure damage on some routes means that it is not expected that there will be any services until Sunday afternoon.

Building collapses onto car in Glasgow STV News

If the repairs are completed, the Glasgow Queen Street / Cumbernauld Wemyss Bay Glasgow Queen Street / Alloa – services will start and terminate at Stirling Inverness / Elgin, are all expected to return to service.

ScotRail said: “The impact of Storm Amy has been significant and we’re sorry for the inconvenience caused to customers since Friday.

“The safety of our customers and staff is always the priority during these extreme weather events.”

Network Rail Scotland said that more than 280 separate incidents had been recorded by Saturday evening and that teams were “working around the clock” to repair extensive damage caused by Storm Amy.

National Rail warned journeys could continue be disrupted across Scotland, England and Wales on Sunday.