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Storms Boelo And Austen Cut Power To 150,000 Homes, Cancel Hundreds Of Flights
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150,000 homes across Britain, France, and Germany lost power. Hundreds of flights were cancelled due to the storms.
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Storm Boelo and Austen
Storms Boelo and Austen battered northern Europe and cut power to more than 150,000 homes, while the storms forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights and silenced phone networks. The Met Office said Storm Boelo would bring a danger to life from flying debris and crashing waves, and flood warnings were also in place.
Winds of up to 135 kilometres an hour were recorded in Argyll and Bute in western Scotland, and fallen trees and power cables blocked roads and rail lines across the country. The Energy Networks Association indicated that more than 400,000 homes had lost power at some stage during the storms, and authorities said more than 82,000 homes in Britain, nearly 60,000 in France and at least 10,000 in Germany had power cuts inflicted by the passage of the storms within 24 hours of each other.
Deaths, injuries, and outages
A 60-year-old man died after being struck by a falling tree as Storm Boelo brought strong winds and heavy rain to Scotland, and police said the man was on a minor road at Mid Kelton, near Castle Douglas, in Dumfries and Galloway. Emergency services were alerted at about 10:30, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The BBC reported that the storm left more than 50,000 properties without power, with winds gusting to 85mph at Machrihanish in Argyll and Bute. The Guardian said engineers had restored power to 344,900 customers but 82,6000 remained disconnected, and the figure included more than 30,000 homes across Scotland.
Transport disruption and warnings
Network Rail reported that trees had come down on the tracks near Dumfries and Partick, near Glasgow, and Kirkwall Airport in Orkney was closed until Monday. The BBC said police asked people to avoid the Poplar Avenue area of the town near Aberfeldy Footbridge, also known as the "bouncy bridge", after the incident at about 12:50.
The Met Office advised people in affected areas to secure loose items in gardens and to stay indoors as the storm posed a danger to life from flying debris and crashing waves. The Guardian said the Environment Agency had issued six warnings as of 1.45pm that flooding was expected for spots in northern parts of England, and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency said 17 flood warnings and 11 flooding alerts were active as of the same time.