A major weather incident has been declared after thousands of homes were left without power in Shetland, where conditions have been described as ‘the worst in 20 years’
SSEN Distribution said: "We expect to make progress today in restoring customers on Yell and Unst through repair of the main network, but due to the extent of damage, significant travel restrictions and continued issues accessing fault locations, full restoration of customers is likely to extend to the end of this week.”
Shetland’s Sumburgh airport is only operating emergency flights and schools have been closed until today.HM Coastguard Orkney & Shetland recovery crews at work in adverse weather.A temperature of -17.3C was recorded in Braemar, Aberdeenshire early on Tuesday morning. Yellow warnings for snow and icy conditions for northern Scotland and north-east England have been extended until Friday."There will be a risk of ice across the country over the next few days," said a Met Office spokesperson.Warnings of ice are still in place in eastern England and in northern parts of Northern Ireland until noon today.
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