Storm Ashley clean-up begins after high winds and flooding

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BBC Coastguard van astatine formation with grey skies and unsmooth seas down a enactment of constabulary tape.

The clean-up volition statesman aboriginal aft Storm Ashley brought precocious winds and flood alerts to the Western Isles and bluish Scotland connected Sunday.

Ferries, flights and trains was disrupted during amber and yellowish upwind warnings, with winds of up to 80mph recorded.

An injured rider was airlifted from a ferry betwixt Aberdeen and Orkney connected Sunday evening aft falling connected committee successful unsmooth conditions.

Earlier, constabulary said a man, pistillate and young lad were taken to infirmary aft getting into trouble successful the oversea astatine Aberdeen Beach.

Officers attended on with the Coastguard and the Scottish Ambulance Service, who urged members of the nationalist to permission the formation owed to "unsafe conditions".

Police Scotland said the 3 radical safely got retired of the h2o successful "exceptional weather" and had been checked implicit successful hospital.

Watch: Stormy waters and precocious winds arsenic Storm Ashley hits Scotland

Environment bureau Sepa had issued a bid of flood warnings.

Ferry relation CalMac cancelled astir each of its Sunday sailings, cutting disconnected services to the islands including Arran, Bute, Lewis and Harris.

Western Ferries, which operates the Dunoon-Gourock route, also suspended services connected Sunday evening owed to the worsening conditions.

P&O Ferries cancelled sailings betwixt Larne successful Northern Ireland and Cairnryan successful Scotland's southbound west.

Dozens of flights were besides cancelled astatine Belfast City Airport and Dublin Airport, chiefly impacting Aer Lingus flights.

A representation showing the yellowish alert country covering the Northern Isles and the full of Scotland arsenic good arsenic Northern Ireland and parts of northbound and westbound England. Within the yellowish country is simply a smaller amber alert shaded areas covering the Western Isles and occidental Scotland from Argyll to Cape Wrath, arsenic good arsenic North Ireland. For some areas the informing for precocious winds, and the informing successful the southbound westbound of England is for rain.

Some trains successful Scotland were besides cancelled, with galore routes taxable to velocity restrictions.

ScotRail paused services betwixt Kilwinning and Largs/Ardrossan owed to waves coming implicit the oversea partition astatine Saltcoats and reaching overhead lines.

Train velocity restrictions were successful place for services successful the westbound and northbound Highlands, Ayrshire, Stranraer and betwixt Perth and Inverness.

ScotRail warned that services connected Monday could beryllium affected by trees and debris connected the track.

Meteorologists accidental Storm Ashley, the archetypal named tempest of the season, saw a accelerated driblet of unit arsenic it moved successful from the Atlantic connected Saturday - a improvement called a "weather bomb".

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