A Scots town’s roads are running like rivers as Storm Eowyn’s 100mph winds pose a “danger to life”.
With rare red weather warnings and a danger to life notice issued, footage obtained by the Daily Record show sea water flowing through the roads of Troon after crashing up and covering the streets. Other videos displays the water violently smashing into stationary boats.
Central, Tayside & Fife, south west Scotland, Lothian Borders (including Edinburgh) and Strathclyde (including Glasgow) were the areas first covered by the most severe warning the Met Office can issue. However, the warning, in place until 5pm today, now covers as far south as Lockerbie on the south-west of Scotland.
This comes after an estimated 10,000 people are without power in Ayrshire, East Lothian, Falkirk, and the Scottish Borders with 11,000 homes in Dumfries and Galloway alone hit by blackouts due to the effects of Storm Éowyn, according to SP Energy Networks.
Energy supplier SSEN said they had increased their response teams to “10 times the usual levels” with the central belt and south west under a red “danger to life” weather alert for wind.
CalMac, who operate ferries in Troon, announced earlier that they had cancelled all ferry services ahead of the anticipated severe impact of Storm Eowyn.
Yesterday, the Met Office issued a danger to life warning due to flying debris from buildings, as it is expected that winds across central Scotland could reach as high as 100mph throughout the course of today.
Hundreds of thousands of school pupils will be at home today as nurseries and schools shut over safety issues. While all ScotRail trains have been cancelled today due to the high winds, rain and heavy snow set to batter large parts of the country.
A yellow snow warning also came into force at 6am on Friday morning for Grampian, Tayside and the Highlands. It will last until 11.59pm.
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