A NUMBER of roads across Scotland continue to face disruption while thousands of homes remain without power in the aftermath of Storm Gerrit.
Parts of Scotland experienced significant heavy snow with Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) saying workers had been dealing with wind speeds of 80mph in some coastal areas as they worked to reconnect customers.
High winds and heavy rain and snow damaged networks across the country as SSEN said power had been restored to more than 31,500 properties although 7700 remain cut off.
Road updates
Traffic Scotland have provided a number of road updates this morning with drivers urged to take care and plan journeys accordingly.
Police confirmed the A9 has fully reopened in both directions and is “passable with care” after snow blocked the road between Drumochter and Dalwhinnie.
A Traffic Scotland update on Twitter/X said: “The A90 is fully running however a closure remains in place affecting both directions at Huntly on the A96 route due to flooding.
“You can check with our route checker for best route to take currently at traffic.gov.scot.”
Meanwhile, Traffic Scotland confirmed snow gates at the Bridge of Leachd and Cock Bridge are both closed.
Traffic Scotland also said that the A82 is closed in both directions between Invergarry and Fort Augustus.
Flood warnings
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency still has a number of flood alerts and warnings in place.
The localised warnings are in place in the following areas:
- Kintore
- Ayr to Troon
- Callander to Stirling
- Callander
- Kinnaird/Bridge of Dun
- Churchill Barriers
- The River Isla at Coupar Angus
- Kemphill to Bridge of Isla
- Innerpeffray to Bridge of Earn
- Bride of Ruthven to Leitfie
- Aberbothrie
Flood alerts meanwhile are in place across the following areas:
- Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City
- Ayrshire and Arran
- Central
- Dundee and Angus
- Orkney
- Tayside
- Argyll and Bute
- Caithness and Sutherland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Easter Ross and Great Glen
- Edinburgh and Lothias
- Fife
- Findhorn Nairn Moray and Speyside
- Scottish Borders
- Skye and Lochaber
- West Central Scotland
- Western Isles
Elsewhere, ScotRail confirmed that a number of routes still face disruption and encouraged those planning on travelling to keep up to date via the operator’s app and website.
