Storms leave 90,000 UK customers without power

Storms Austen and Boelo left about 90,000 customers without power across northern parts of the UK on Monday morning, as electricity operators continued repairs and forecasters warned of more strong winds. The Energy Networks Association said the outage figure reflected customers still without electricity on Monday morning. Its chief executive, Lawrence Slade, said operators had restored power to about 700,000 customers over the weekend. Continuing winds had made it unsafe for engineers to repair some damaged poles and wires, he said. At a Scottish Government resilience meeting on Sunday, officials were told that about 40,000 customers in Scotland remained without power and approximately 26,000 had been reconnected. The Scottish figure was reported at an earlier point and covers Scotland, while the association’s Monday estimate covers northern parts of the UK. The Met Office issued yellow warnings for further strong winds. A warning covering western coastal areas from Cornwall to south-west Scotland ran from Monday evening into early Tuesday, with gusts of up to 65mph possible in exposed locations. A second warning covered most of Scotland from early Tuesday until 9pm, with...