Power cuts and flooding as Storm Isha hits Cumbria

There's been widespread disruption across Cumbria & South-West Scotland, after Storm Isha battered most of the UK.

Thousands are without power and there's been some flooding - but a major incident has not been declared as of now.

Agencies have been on standby for one since yesterday (Sunday) afternoon.

Roads have been closed overnight because of the strong winds - and there'll be no rush-hour trains in Scotland this morning - until engineers have inspected the lines.

Electricity North West say there's been widescale damage across the network, and had to suspend repairs last night due to unsafe climbing conditions.

They've said it could be as late as Tuesday that powers restored, but added that is a precautionary estimate right now.

There's been road closures across the region, with the A66 shut in both directions between Scotch Corner and the M6 because of the strong winds.

Several lorries have overturned there - as well as on the M6 southbound between J39 for Shap and J38 for Tebay.

The Environment Agency has a number of flood warnings in place, predominantly around Carlisle and Appleby, where there were reports of the flood siren going off last night.

And the Sellafield Nuclear Power Station suspended operations to allow staff to travel home before the worst of the conditions hit.

They have been asked to come into work as normal though this morning.

Fallen trees have affected transport with Traffic Scotland reporting stretches of the M9 and M74 were among roads closed throughout the night, while the A1 southbound was closed at Thorntonloch due to an overturned lorry.

Network Rail imposed 50mph speed restrictions across most routes to keep passengers and trains safe from falling trees and debris blown onto tracks.

In a statement the company said: "It's likely that travel disruption will continue into Monday morning as engineers finish the clean-up operation removing fallen trees and debris and running 'ghost trains' to ensure lines are clear before allowing passenger trains to restart."

Scot Rail cancelled all of its rush-hour trains and services may not begin running until "later on Monday".

They said teams will begin recovery works during daylight with each route being inspected for damage.

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