A yellow wind warning that was issued across most of Scotland, along with portions of northern England and Northern Ireland, has been lifted after conditions began to ease. The warning had been in effect starting at 03:00 and was withdrawn at 18:00.
The weather system was the third significant storm to impact Scotland within a brief period. While the latest disturbance proved less disruptive overall than the two preceding systems, it still caused notable damage and service disruptions. Storm Boelo, which preceded this latest event, brought particularly severe impacts including flooding and wind gusts reaching 85mph in some locations on Monday. Earlier, Storm Austen had also affected the region. Following the latest system, wind speeds of 76mph were recorded at Stornoway Airport on Tuesday, with gusts of 71mph measured on Tiree, according to meteorological officials.
Power restoration efforts have progressed significantly, with Scottish and Southern Energy Networks reconnecting 108,000 customers and reducing the number without electricity to approximately 2,000. Scottish Power Energy Networks reported that the vast majority of its 50,000 affected customers in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway would have service restored by early Tuesday. However, transport services continue to experience disruption, with ScotRail imposing speed restrictions on multiple routes due to rainfall, while ferry operators warned of potential cancellations. School closures remain in effect across several regions, with reopening dates set for later in the week at the earliest.
The severe weather sequence has resulted in a fatality, with a 60-year-old man killed by a falling tree near Castle Douglas on Sunday. Search and rescue operations were launched after a person was reportedly swept out to sea in Largs on Monday night, though that effort has been concluded without locating the individual. Officials have warned that disruption is expected to persist well beyond the lifted warning due to ongoing poor conditions and widespread storm damage throughout affected communities.
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