Storm Isha Scotland RECAP: 84-year-old man dies | Scotrail services suspended | Met Office warnings over Storm Jocelyn
Two people have died and tens of thousands of homes remain without power after Storm Isha battered the UK with gusts of up to 99mph.
Transport services largely recovered on Monday though some roads remained closed and rail lines blocked, while dozens of schools were shut.
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Hide AdScotRail services across Scotland will be suspended from 7pm on Tuesday as Storm Jocelyn hits the UK and there will be no rush hour services the following morning, the railway operator has said.
This is how the day unfolded.
Key Events
- An 84-year-old man has died after the car he was a passenger in crashed into a fallen tree in Grangemouth
- Scotrail services suspended ahead of Storm Jocelyn sparking major disruption
- A Yellow Weather Warning is in place for Scotland until Wednesday.
Breaking transport news
It may be time to start rethinking your commute tomorrow if you need to travel. Scotrail has announced that all services will be suspended after 7pm as Storm Jocelyn hits.
Jocelyn is UK’s tenth named storm in five months
Storm Jocelyn, which arrives on Tuesday, will be the tenth named storm in five months and only the second time in a UK storm season that the letter J has been reached in the alphabet.
Storm seasons run from the start of September to the end of the following August.
The first time the letter J was reached was in March 2016, with Storm Jake.
The furthest a storm season has reached in the alphabet is the letter K, when Storm Katie was named, also in March 2016.
The Met Office began naming storms in 2015.
Last year’s storm season, which ran from September 2022 to August 2023, made it only as far as the letter B, with Storm Betty in August.
Two dead and tens of thousands still without power after Storm Isha blasts UK
- Two people have died and tens of thousands of homes remain without power after Storm Isha battered the UK with gusts of up to 99mph.
- Transport services largely recovered on Monday though some roads remained closed and rail lines blocked, while dozens of schools were shut.
- The next storm due to hit the UK and Ireland has been named Storm Jocelyn, which is expected to cause strong winds from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
- An 84-year-old man died during Storm Isha after the car in which he was a front seat passenger crashed into a fallen tree in Grangemouth, Falkirk, Police Scotland said.
- The incident happened on the A905 Beancross Road at around 11.45pm during an amber weather warning issued by the UK’s Met Office which covered the whole country.
- A man in his 60s was killed in a crash involving two vans and a fallen tree in Limavady, Co Londonderry, on Sunday night, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said.
- The man who died was driving a Vauxhall Vivaro van in Broad Road at around 9.45pm on Sunday.
- The UK Met Office issued an amber warning for wind covering western and northern Scotland from 6pm on Tuesday until 8am on Wednesday.
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