Storm ‘Isha’ rocks public transport and leaves thousands of Britons without power

Storm ‘Isha’ has put areas across the United Kingdom on alert since Sunday with winds reaching up to 145 kilometers per hour, knocking out power to thousands of citizens and disrupting transport networks across the country.

ESB Networks, which maintains the electricity network in Ireland, today recorded more than 170,000 properties without power, while operator Electricity North West said almost 8,000 homes were left without power. The country’s Met Office (Met Office) has today issued a yellow warning for the risk of transport disruption across the UK.

Yellow alert due to risk of disruption in public transport

Many roads in the country have been closed due to ‘Isha’. In turn, the Network Rail railway network has implemented some speed restrictions on most of its routes for safety reasons, due to the risk that storms will cause trees to fall onto the tracks or wind may cause debris to blow.

“Travel disruption is likely to continue this Monday as crews complete track clearing and ‘ghosting’ operations to ensure lines are clear prior to the resumption of passenger trains,” the company said. Operating the ‘trains’.

Scottish Railways said no trains would run until all routes had been inspected and damage to the cable network in at least 20 locations had been repaired.

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In other incidents, the remains of a garden shed were swept onto the tracks at Glasgow station and a small fire broke out in the town of Gartcosh when a tree fell on wires.

In England, East Midlands Railway Company feared “delays and disruption” for today, while in the aviation industry air traffic control restrictions were enabled for this Monday, which has so far led to flight cancellations and diversions.

A spokesperson for National Air Traffic Services told local media today, “Due to adverse conditions throughout the United Kingdom, temporary restrictions have been imposed on air traffic. These have been implemented only to maintain safety.”

In the north-east of Scotland, a ‘red’ warning – which warns of danger to life – and other ‘amber’ warnings – which refer to very dangerous weather conditions – are in place from 5:00 GMT to 6:00 GMT today. Till now it remained in force in the country. ,

The Met Office said “everyone” in Britain had been affected by the storm, with 28 flood warnings issued in England and 50 in Scotland. Respite is expected throughout the day, although the wind will continue throughout the day with intervals of sunshine and rain.

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