The most severe storm in the history of the UK cuts electricity for 350,000 people

More than 350,000 subscribers in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland are still suffering from power outages.
This comes three days after the storm “Iwin” crossed with winds with a speed of record levels.

Iwin Storm

The British meteorology described the storm that killed two people as “the most likely in the history of the United Kingdom.”
The Scottish authorities announced on Sunday that a person spent Friday morning as a result of a tree on his car. At last Friday, he spent in Ireland in similar circumstances.
The electrical current was still cut off from about 278 thousand subscribers, according to the estimates of the Irish company “ESB Network”, and Al -Jazeera witnessed the winds of winds in its history.

Great damage

On the other hand, the company pointed out that the resurrection of the current of a hundred thousand subscribers may take a few days.
The Minister of Social Protection, Dara Calleri, said that the English and French technicians are presenting a helping hand to the Irish teams.
He described the damage as large, and he said that “all measures were taken” to return to the normal situation.

Power outage

In Northern Ireland, more than 75,000 subscribers were deprived of electrical current, on Sunday evening, and in Scotland, electricity was still cut off from 4,700 subscribers, knowing that 88,000 subscribers were linked to the network.
The operating company stated that returning to the normal situation may be delayed due to the intensity of the storm and bad weather.
British and Irish meteorology issued new warnings of thick snow and ice forming, strong winds and heavy rains with the arrival of the storm Herminia.