The River Severn at the weir in Shrewsbury breached its banks on Friday, with nearby benches being submerged. The storm caused river levels to rise across the UK, with 28 flood warnings – meaning flooding is expected – in place in England. Its operations director, Andy Smith, said: “This has been a difficult couple of days for the communities affected and I’m grateful to them for their patience and support as our teams work extremely hard to restore power.” They said “a final push” was being made on Friday to restore power to around 450 homes, with welfare vans serving hot food and drink to affected customers. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said it had restored supply to more than 47,000 properties that lost power due to the storm, with people in the north-east and Shetland worst affected. Three men died when their 4x4 vehicle was submerged in a river in flood-hit North Yorkshire.Ībout 1,500 homes in Scotland experienced their second night without power and a lightning strike hit supplies in Wales on Thursday. Parts of the UK are still cleaning up after extreme weather wreaked havoc.
New Year’s Eve revellers have been urged to wrap up warm as conditions across many parts of the UK could feel close to freezing as clocks strike midnight. Separate yellow warnings were issued for sleet and snow in Scotland and rain in Northern Ireland on Saturday.
