SCOTLAND battened down the hatches and people kept off the streets yesterday to avoid one of the worst storms to ever hit the UK, with winds of up to 165mph.
SCOTLAND battened down the hatches and people kept off the streets yesterday to avoid one of the worst storms to ever hit the UK, with winds of up to 165mph.
storms: Fiona and Craig Wilson brave the waves at Ardrossan South Beach, main picture, and, clockwise from top left, a tree crashed into a car in Nithsdale Place, Glasgow, the Erskine Bridge closed, people deal with storms on Largs seafront, the River Endrick burst its banks, a school bus fell over between Dalry and Kilwinning, a driver has a lucky escape in Ardrossan, a lorry topples on the M9 and a tree fell onto a house in Gifford, East Lothian.
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MARTIN WILLIAMS
The hurricane-force gales left tens of thousands of households without power, shut schools and disrupted air travel. Hundreds of roads were closed, mainly due to fallen trees and flooding.
Around 70% of Scotland's 2800 schools either did not open or were closed by the afternoon.
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