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Storm Ashley causes road and rail chaos as 70 flood alerts in place

More than 100 flood alerts and warnings remain in place throughout the UK following torrential rain and winds of up to 80mph brought by Storm Ashley.

Twenty flood warnings, meaning flooding is “expected”, have been issued for England, with a further 76 alerts in place on Monday morning.

Warnings are concentrated in the west around Gloucester and Cheltenham, as well as on the Cornish coast.

There are currently 27 flood warnings in place in Scotland and one alert, with most of the warnings relating to the Western Isles and Orkney. Gusts reaching 102mph were recorded at the Cairngorm weather station in the Highlands.

Storm Ashley causes road and rail chaos as 70 flood alerts in place
Twenty flood warnings, meaning flooding is ‘expected’, have been issued for England, with a further 76 alerts in place as of Monday morning (Photo: Environment Agency)

In Northern Ireland power has now been restored to more than 10,000 homes. Fifty-three thousand homes had no power overnight as outages were experienced across the island of Ireland on Sunday.

Flights have been cancelled or diverted at airports including Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh while ferry crossings and rail services were also affected.

Some passengers at Belfast City airport were left on board waiting to disembark for as long as three hours as high winds prevented staff from bringing steps to the planes.

Dublin airport said that while the first wave of Monday morning flights were moving well as winds ease, “some knock-on delays today are inevitable as several airlines have aircraft out of position.”

It added that a “small number” of flights on Monday have already been cancelled due to the storm, after it caused 81 flight cancellations on Sunday.

Scotrail warned on Monday morning that trains may continue to be “delayed, altered or cancelled.” Disruption to ferries linking the isles to mainland Scotland also continues for a second day with all ferries between Oban, Barra and South Uist cancelled, as well as crossings connecting the Isle of Skye.

The first named storm of autumn also brought chaos for drivers. Several highways in the north of England, including the A66 between County Durham and the M6 in Cumbria have now been reopened early on Monday after being closed.

There are no more Met Office weather warnings in place for Monday. A yellow alert for wind across the north and east of Scotland and the north-east of England ended at 9am.

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