The full devastation became clear yesterday as emergency services and repair firms began clearing debris and fallen trees and repairing homes and buildings badly damaged by the hurricane-force blasts. Last night around 60, households were still without electricity with many told it would not be restored until later this evening.
Until now the biggest bill for such claims was in when the UK saw 11 named winter storms. A workman surveys the damage at Helensburgh Leisure Centre in the wake of fierce winds.
Builders move in to repair a roof ripped off a house in the storm in Tranent, East Lothian. A snowplough was out clearing the A9 near Inverness yesterday due to heavy snowfall. One of the worst-damaged buildings was Helensburgh Leisure Centre in Dunbartonshire, where dramatic footage showed the roof being ripped off by high winds. Yesterday a team of workers began the task of clearing away tons of debris. Power companies provided free food and hotel rooms to those affected by power cuts, and customers have been reminded they are entitled to financial compensation if they are left without power for more than 12 hours.
However, train services will probably not fully recover until tomorrow such was the destruction on the railways. Network Rail reported individual incidents across the network. These include trees on tracks, damaged overhead wires, power supply failures, and other objects on the line. A car in the west end of Glasgow lies under a tree toppled by high winds of mph. A garden shed was swept onto the train line between Perth and Stirling at Forgandenny.
But a number of routes suffered major disruption yesterday while Network Rail carried out inspections and repair. If roads are closed, please find an alternative route, and do not put yourself at risk by trying to clear debris.
