Over 600 incidents on Cornwall's roads during storms Eunice and Franklin
The council took 300 emergency calls from the public during last Friday's peak
A total of 84 CORMAC teams dealt with a staggering 609 incidents on Cornwall’s roads when we were battered by storms Eunice and Franklin.
Of those logged between last Friday and Monday, 514 were emergency calls from the public and 300 were logged in just three hours at the peak.
The vast majority related to fallen trees with at least 30 roads closed at any one time.
Those included the A391 to St Austell, A374 between Torpoint and Trerulefoot and the A390.
The Council says thanks to the teams’ quick response, almost all were reopened by 5pm on Friday.
More than 59 highways, five landscaping, 12 environment, and eight surfacing and civil engineering teams worked around the clock to respond to reports of damage caused first by Storm Eunice and then by Storm Franklin.
They cleared 389 sites of fallen or unsafe trees and branches.
Teams also dealt with cases of collapsed walls, roof debris and flooded roads.
On top of the clear-up, CORMAC gritters were also deployed as temperatures dropped.
Cllr Philip Desmonde, Portfolio Holder for Transport at Cornwall Council, said: "I would like to thank the CORMAC teams who have been extremely busy working in challenging and hazardous conditions, as well as partner organisations who supported the response to both storms.
"We are lucky to have such dedicated, passionate and professional people all working together to keep our communities safe".