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Trees, similar this 1 successful Helensburgh, were brought down by hurricane-force winds crossed Scotland connected Friday
Thousands of homes are inactive without powerfulness days aft Storm Éowyn caused demolition crossed Scotland.
Scottish Power Energy Networks, which supplies cardinal and confederate Scotland, said astir 9,000 homes had nary proviso connected Sunday evening.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said it was inactive moving to reconstruct powerfulness to 4,700 homes, peculiarly successful Argyll, Kintyre, and connected land communities.
Public transport continues to look immoderate disruptions but ScotRail said the immense bulk of services are present operational.
The pursuing routes volition not reopen connected Monday, according to Network Rail:
- Kilwinning - Ayr/Largs/Ardrossan
- Dalreoch – Balloch
- Ayr - Stranraer
- Paisley Canal
- Paisley - Gourock/Wemyss Bay
Most schools are expected to re-open, though the Scottish authorities said astir 20 volition stay closed for repairs.
Following a gathering of the Scottish government's resilience room, First Minister John Swinney said: ""The severity of the harm caused by this large lawsuit has had a sizeable interaction crossed a wide country of the country.
"While each effort has been made implicit the play to afloat reconstruct services, unluckily it is wide immoderate disruption tin proceed to beryllium expected."
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Several buildings were damaged connected Friday during a uncommon reddish upwind informing including this spot successful Denny, Falkirk
At the storm's peak, hurricane-force winds caused much than 280,000 homes to suffer powerfulness crossed Scotland.
SSEN said customers person been provided with realistic updates connected erstwhile they tin expect proviso to beryllium restored with those awaiting reconnection urged to show SSEN's power way website.
The supplier estimated each customers volition beryllium reconnected earlier the extremity of Monday.
It has besides provided lukewarm spaces, blistery meals and drinks to radical successful respective communities who person been impacted by the storm.
Andy Smith, SSEN manager of lawsuit operations for the northbound of Scotland, added: "Several 100 engineers are moving hard close present to hole faults safely and quickly, and we've had a radical get from the southeast of England connected Sunday greeting to enactment our ain response."
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Helensburgh leisure centre mislaid its extortion during the storm
On the trains, ScotRail advised customers to expect a continued disruption of services.
Teams of Network Rail engineers person been checking routes done the nighttime since Friday and carrying retired repair enactment with astir 500 idiosyncratic incidents reported.
These see much than 120 trees connected tracks, damaged overhead wires, powerfulness proviso failures and different objects and debris blown onto the line.
David Ross, ScotRail communications manager told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme it had been "a precise challenging weekend" and determination was "still important interaction crossed the country".
He said: "A batch of enactment has been carried retired implicit the people of the play by colleagues astatine Network Rail.
"The immense bulk routes are up and moving but determination is inactive ongoing disruption is immoderate parts of the country."
He said successful Ayrshire and Inverclyde harm to overhead wires are causing cancellations, overhanging trees successful the Whifflet are causing disruption and trees are inactive falling onto the lines successful Lanarkshire.
"Some parts of the state wherever we are lone conscionable uncovering successful the past abbreviated clip discovering further problems," helium added.
"It is simply a changing representation and it volition alteration implicit the people of the greeting again."
He warned immoderate harm won't beryllium a "quick fix" and disruption could past a fewer days.
Ferry relation CalMac has cancelled sailings betwixt Ardrossan and Brodick connected Monday with different sailings facing imaginable disruptions.
Passengers are advised to check their journey earlier travelling.
Police Scotland responded to astir 1,900 weather-related incidents crossed the state implicit the play with immoderate roads closed oregon disrupted owed to debris and fallen trees.
A 19-year-old antheral was killed successful Ayrshire erstwhile his car was struck by a fallen tree.
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