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Storm Isha hits travels and power services across UK

By Reuters

January 23, 2024 at 1:00:11 PM

High waves due to Storm Isha hit the shore in Porthleven, Britain, January 21, 2024, in this image obtained from social media. Jo-Shreeve/via REUTERS

High waves due to Storm Isha hit the shore in Porthleven, Britain, January 21, 2024, in this image obtained from social media. Jo-Shreeve/via REUTERS

Information boards display delayed and cancelled train services at Edinburgh Waverley Station in the aftermath of Storm Isha in Edinburgh, Britain January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Lesley Martin

Information boards display delayed and cancelled train services at Edinburgh Waverley Station in the aftermath of Storm Isha in Edinburgh, Britain January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Lesley Martin

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's rail network was disrupted, flights were cancelled and thousands of homes were left without power on Monday after the country was battered by Storm Isha overnight.

Scotland was worst hit as gusts of over 90 miles per hour (144 km/h) led to the cancellation of all train services. Dozens of flights from Edinburgh and Glasgow airports were also cancelled.

Trains in some parts of southern England were affected including services between London to Gatwick Airport.

UK Power Networks said it had restored power to most properties which had lost electricity in eastern and south eastern England, but about 45,000 homes in Northern Ireland remained without power.

Across the North Sea, Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Sunday cancelled dozens of flights scheduled for Monday as a preventive measure because of the strong winds expected in the Netherlands.

Airlines also cancelled 102 flights into and out of Dublin on Sunday.

Scotland's train services will be impacted until Network Rail Scotland has inspected tracks for damage following the storm, ScotRail said on social media platform X.

(Reporting by Sarah Young and Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by William Schomberg)

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