The Met Office said the storm has “well and truly cleared” but around 2,000 homes in Aberdeenshire remain without power. The forecasting body said the storm, which left more than 60,000 homes without power, has moved onto the continent and is now affecting Scandinavia. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said it had restored power to around 41,000 homes since the storm struck and hopes to reconnect those still without power by the end of Saturday. “Scotland and Northern Ireland are a bit cloudier, wetter and windier, with a risk of gales but not on the scale we saw with Otto. “On Sunday temperatures will be fairly mild and will reach 14-15C in southern and western England.

Source: The Herald February 18, 2023 22:42 UTC