Storm Barra: What to expect across the North
135,000 homes in the region were cut off in the last storm
Last updated 7th Dec 2021
Storm Barra will hit the UK and Ireland with disruptive winds, heavy rain and snow on Tuesday, according to the Met Office - threatening more chaos just days after the final homes in the North East had their homes reconnected.
Weather warnings for snow, ice, rain and wind have been issued as Storm Barra sweeps in from the Atlantic.
A yellow weather warning for heavy snow and wind for parts of Caithness, Sutherland and Aberdeenshire comes into effect this morning.
It says there's a chance of blizzards and snowfall of up to 20cm causing treacherous conditions on roads at higher altitudes.
Travel disruption
Scotrail has taken the precautionary step of cancelling trains between Dundee and Aberdeen, and also from Aberdeen to Inverness.
Storm Arwen
The damage from Storm Barra is not expected to be as bad as it was in Storm Arwen.
135,000 homes in the North East - mostly in Aberdeenshire - were had their power cut, and others also lost their water supply.
The final customers were only reconnected on Saturday.
Mark Rough, Director of Operations for SSEN, said:
“As we continue to work to return the network to full operational health in the coming days, we will maintain enhanced staffing levels. This is important as we want to make absolutely sure that we are aware of all faults on our localised network and are calling on any customers who are returning to an unoccupied property, or who have not been in contact with us and are still without power, to get in touch by calling 105 as soon as possible.”
We are actively tracking a weather front that is due to move through the country on Tuesday and will monitor this on a regular basis... moving resources and equipment to locations we believe will see the worst of the weather. "