Fresh warning issued for 80mph gales beginning tomorrow
Storm Jocelyn is about to batter Britain tomorrow after Isha’s 100mph gales left a path of destruction throughout the nation.
Fresh ‘hazard to life’ warnings have been issued for the UK and Ireland as 80mph winds hurtle in direction of the British Isles.
The strongest winds are anticipated to have an effect on western and northern Scotland from Tuesday night, whereas yellow warnings for heavy rain have additionally been put in place for a lot of England.
The new warnings comes lower than 24 hours after Isha hammered the nation – leaving automobiles crushed below bushes, roofs ripped off buildings, 70,000 properties with out energy and an 84-year-old man useless.
Thousands of individuals have been left with out energy because the storm introduced disruption to the electrical energy and transport networks throughout the UK.
A Met Office map exhibits how the most recent storm is predicted to batter massive components of the nation, resulting in extra disruption to journey and utilities.
Fallen bushes have affected transport with Traffic Scotland reporting stretches of the M9 and M74 have been amongst roads closed all through the night time, whereas the A1 southbound was closed at Thorntonloch as a consequence of an overturned lorry.
In Scotland, an 84-year-old man was killed after a Hyundai automobile crashed right into a fallen tree on the A905, Beancross Road in Grangemouth at round 11.45pm final night time. Police stated he was pronounced useless on the scene, whereas the opposite occupants of the car weren’t injured.
In Appleby, haunting sirens wailed throughout the Cumbria city as flood waters surged by way of the streets.
High winds pressured the closure of the Tay Road Bridge, M48 Severn Bridge and the A66 in Durham and Cumbria between the A1(M) and the M6, whereas the Humber Bridge, A19 Tees Flyover and A628 Woodhead Pass in Derbyshire have been amongst stretches closed to high-sided automobiles.
After a ‘tough night time’ Network Rail has cancelled all passenger and freight trains throughout the nation till they will examine rail routes and restore the harm of the storm.
Britons are right now dealing with commuter hell with rail companies throughout the nation cancelled after Storm Isha’s 100mph gales and heavy downpours barrelled down on the nation in a single day.
A highways boss has warned that it might take days for Britain to get again to regular as employees battle to clear the roads.
Nick Raymond, senior supervisor for highways, instructed of how his employees put their lives on the road within the face of flying particles as they labored to clear the backlog.
The National Farmers’ Union’s Peter Gade, talking to BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today, stated: ‘The entire subject ought to appear like winter wheat rising, as you possibly can see on the high finish of the sphere. But on the backside finish of the sphere we’re competently overwhelmed by flood water because of the unique Storm Babet and it has by no means gone away all winter.
‘I’d say of all of my cereals, my wheat and barley within the floor, in all probability some 40 per cent are affected and comprised. Either fully written off, that are un-insurancable losses off the underside line and we do not know what we will retrieve within the spring.
‘Of course, there’s a scarcity of seed throughout the nation. We are simply in an actual pickle and its throughout the entire of the east facet of the nation from what I can see.’
Workmen who have been making an attempt to clear a fallen tree which was blocking the A833 at Belladrum close to Inverness
Workers used chainsaws to take aside the large trunks as they tried to take away the big tree
The tree was felled by Storm Isha because it raced throughout the nation, wreaking havoc for the UK
Shocking pictures present a tree felled by the storm on Gristhrope Road, within the Selly Oak space of Birmingham
Cars have been left stranded below rising flood waters in stunning images taken at Warwick Bridge, Cumbria
The submerged automobiles have been left by their homeowners because the waters engulfed them
Engineers outfitted with chainsaws must clear the fallen bushes and particles in at the very least 20 places throughout the strains earlier than the strains can get going once more.
This included the stays of a backyard shed, which had been blown onto the road at Bellgrove station in Glasgow, and a small hearth had damaged out after a tree fell on overhead wires in Gartcosh, Cumbernauld.
One lady instructed of her devastation after her new Tesla and husband’s BMW M3 have been crushed below a tree felled by Storm Isla.
Nicki Catterick, 45, stated the storm was so loud she solely discovered in regards to the large harm after her high-tech automobile’s app stated it had detected one thing flawed.
The couple, from Kingswood, Surrey, thought their largest drawback this morning could be the way to navigate cancelled trains, however now they’re now battling to attempt to contact their insurance coverage.
Nicki, who works within the pharmaceutical trade, stated: ‘I went and appeared out of the window and also you could not see my automobile as a result of it was below a tree.
‘They’re costly – it is devastating as a result of my automobile is comparatively new and I adore it.
‘I simply really feel devastated. We rely a lot on our automobiles and I simply really feel actually overwhelmed.
‘Who do you name on this scenario? There’s an enormous tree on each our automobiles, and proper exterior our entrance door. We really feel like prisoners, actually.’
The 600ft MSC Nicoleta II out within the tough seas about 5 miles off the coast of Cork in Ireland
The primary excessive road within the Cumbrian village of Appleby is underwater this night after the river broke its financial institution as a consequence of rain from Storm Isha – as a person scales scaffolding as a substitute of utilizing the flooded pavement
Crowds of commuters stranded King’s Cross Train Station in London as trains operators introduced stopping service to the north and Scotland
One lady instructed of her devastation after her new Tesla and husband’s BMW M3 have been crushed below a tree felled by Storm Isla
Network Rail Scotland added to their clients: ‘Given the variety of points handled final night time, and harm to infrastructure we already know of, akin to fallen bushes, and overhead wire harm in at the very least 20 separate places, reopening Scotland’s Railway goes to be a problem. We’ll hold you up to date on progress.’
LNER has stated that prime winds between Doncaster and Berwick Upon Tweed imply all trains will run at lowered speeds right now. They added that the Scottish railway is closed and there will probably be no trains north of Dunbar is closed till noon.
Network Rail imposed 50mph pace restrictions throughout most routes to maintain passengers and trains secure from falling bushes and particles blown onto tracks, with disruption anticipated into this morning.
An whole greenhouse was picked up by Storm Isha and thrown onto railway strains at Westgate-on-Sea, close to Ramsgate in Kent, whereas there have been additionally studies of a trampoline blocking the road at Rainham.
A spokesman stated: ‘The railway has recovered rapidly this morning following Storm Isha with bushes and particles cleared throughout routes in England and Wales, and route proving trains reporting strains clear.
‘Passenger and freight companies have restarted and a superb service is predicted in most areas. Passengers ought to nonetheless verify earlier than they head out for the most recent journey information on trains operators’ web sites.
‘The exception is Scotland the place we don’t anticipate to have the ability to restart companies till round noon with dozens of strains shut as a consequence of fallen bushes and flooding.
‘Hundreds of engineers are already out, armed with chainsaws and cherry pickers to take away and restore. Once performed, route proving trains will probably be dispatched earlier than passenger companies can restart.
