More than 1,500 Northern Powergrid customers also have no electricity. Restoration times have been pushed back to 5pm on Tuesday as crews have been forced to stand down amid the adverse weather conditions. Winds are expected to lessen throughout Monday morning but a yellow warning is expected to stay in place for most of the country until midday.Īlmost 8,000 homes in northern England have been left without power due to the storm, Electricity North West said. It comes after the Met Office revealed on Monday morning the heaviest gusts brought by Storm Isha, which have climbed as high as 99mph in Northumberland.Īn amber warning is set to remain in place across much of the UK until 6am. London North Eastern Railway advised that no trains will run north of Newcastle until midday. ScotRail cancelled all of its services on Sunday evening and said services would not resume until after rush hour on Monday. The railway in Scotland is currently closed to all trains after a rare red weather warning was issued in an area of northern Scotland between 1am and 5am. National Rail warned that CrossCountry trains will be hit by potential delays, alterations and cancellations early on Monday morning due to Storm Isha. It comes after several weather warnings were issued across the UK on Monday. The record number of named storms in one year is when the Met Office began the practice in 2015/16, with Storm Katie being the 11th and final storm of the season.Īfter Jocelyn, if there are two more storms named between now and August, this year will mark a new record. Jocelyn is the tenth named storm to hit the UK since the season began in September.Įach storm is named when it poses a risk to people and they are given names beginning with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
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