Road closures, school closures and power cuts as Storm Corrie and Malik hit Moray
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PARTS of Moray have been left without power after Storm Malik and Corrie hit the area over the weekend.
Gusts of up to 90mph led to fallen trees damaging critical infrastructure, with 155 homes in Moray without power as of 10.30am.
Those homes are across 12 postcodes, with outages at homes in Rothiemay, on the outskirts of Forres and in Mosstodloch.
Six nurseries and schools in Moray are closed due to the storms.
Milne's High School is closed to pupils today, along with Speyside High School – which is shut due to a lack of heating and hot water.
Alves, Logie and Rothiemay primary schools will both remain closed tomorrow as well as today.
Lady Cathcart Nursery in Buckie is closed today due to flooding and a lack of heating, with Lossiemouth High at risk of closing due to a fault with the heating.
The A940 Forres to Grantown road is currently closed at Ardoch between Logie and Dava due to a fallen tree – motorists are being diverted via the B9007 Logie-Ferness, A939 Ferness to Dava.
Clovenside Road in Forres is also closed due to a fallen tree.
Some homes in Rothiemay are also without water. Those affected should call Scottish Water on 0800 0778 778.
All Council leisure facilities and community centres, with the exception of Speyside, are open as normal and available for residents without power to use for showers, heating and charging devices.
Scottish and South Electricity Network (SSEN) remains on Red Alert Status, with an amber weather warning from the Met Office in place.
SSEN confirmed they would reimburse any customer who was forced to stay in a hotel due to a lack of power.
Customers unable to access welfare facilities and who remain off supply may claim back the cost of meals up to £15 per person. Customers are being asked to keep copies of receipts for any claims.
Faults currently have a rough estimated restoration time of Tuesday night.
Richard Gough, director of distribution system operations at SSEN, said: “While our teams are making every effort to restore customers as soon as possible, the cumulative impact of Storms Malik and Corrie has compounded the restoration challenge.
"As a result, we are advising customers that, while expected restoration of customer supplies from Storm Malik remains Tuesday evening, restoration times for some of those impacted by Storm Corrie may now extend to Wednesday.
“We would like to apologise to all customers affected and would like to reassure them that all available resources have been deployed to support with restoration efforts and our teams are doing all they can to restore power as quickly as possible, where it is safe to do so."
Residents are reminded to download the powertrack app or check https://powertrack.ssen.co.uk/powertrack for updates to power outages and phone 105 in an emergency.
