Jagmohan Garg; Storm Barbara cuts power on busiest day for Christmas travel
More than 15,000 homes were left without power by storm Barbara on Friday as millions took to the roads to avoid rail engineering works and make it home for Christmas.
Winds of 60-70mph were expected across the west and north-west of Scotland, with gusts up to 120mph recorded on the summit of Cairn Gorm. Properties in Aberdeenshire, Moray and on the Western Isles lost power.Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks confirmed its engineers had restored power to 14,855 homes, while they were working to help a further 445 customers in the north of Scotland.
Reference; https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/23/rail-chief-defends-line-closures-for-christmas-engineering-works
Winds of 60-70mph were expected across the west and north-west of Scotland, with gusts up to 120mph recorded on the summit of Cairn Gorm. Properties in Aberdeenshire, Moray and on the Western Isles lost power.Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks confirmed its engineers had restored power to 14,855 homes, while they were working to help a further 445 customers in the north of Scotland.
Reference; https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/23/rail-chief-defends-line-closures-for-christmas-engineering-works
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