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UH "iavcl Disiuptio? Stio?o Wi?ds Causc Havoc
6mcad of Cmiistmas
Scvcic wcatmci co?ditio?s acioss tmc UH aic
causi?o widcspicad tiavcl disiuptio? amcad of
tmc fcstivc scaso? as millio?s of tiavcllcis oct
icadQ to mit tmc ioad. Fliomt ca?ccllatio?s,
fciiQ suspc?sio?s a?d sciious iail dclaQs mca?
ma?Q tiavcllcis mavc mad to icoioa?isc tmcii
pla?s as stio?o wi?ds co?ti?uc.
Pictuic cicdits BBC Fliomts Giou?dcd at
Hcatmiow Stio?o wi?ds a?d aii tiaffic
icstiictio?s mavc causcd aiou?d 100 ca?ccllatio?s
at Hcatmiow 6iipoit o? Su?daQ. "mc aiili?cs aic
aski?o passc?ocis to cmcck witm tmcm bcfoic tmcQ
oo to tmc aiipoit. "iavcl cpcit Simo? Caldci
dcsciibcd tmc scalc of tmc disiuptio?, saQi?o
sucm a laioc ?umbci of ca?ccllatio?s is iaic foi
a ?oimal Su?daQ. 6bout 1S,000 passc?ocis maQ mavc
bcc? affcctcd bQ 0 Biitism 6iiwaQs ?iomts,
accou?ti?o foi 0 of tmc affcctcd ?iomts.
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Smoit maul passc?ocis u?willi?o to tiavcl ovci
tmc wcckc?d ca? mavc tmcii ficc ?iomts cma?ocd,
wmilc tmosc wmosc joui?cQs aic disiuptcd ca?
icbook oi bc icfu?dcd. 6 Hcatmiow spokcspciso?
i?sistcd passc?oci safctQ is tmc top piioiitQ,
a?d tmc ca?ccllatio?s wcic causcd bQ advcisc
wcatmci a?d aii tiaffic icstiictio?s. "mc UH's
aii tiaffic co?tiol scivicc, N6"S, mas co??imcd
tcmpoiaiQ icstiictio?s aic i? placc to copc witm
tmc situatio? safclQ.
Makc suic to cmcck aiípoít paíki?o dcals duii?o
tmc molidaQ scaso? a?d book accoidi?o to Qoui
?ccds.
FciiQ Sciviccs Suspc?dcd FciiQ opciatio?s mavc
bcc? wicckcd bQ tmc miom wi?ds, witm majoi ioutcs
acioss tmc Iiism Sca a?d Scottism coast at a
sta?dstill. Sciviccs bctwcc? Lai?c a?d Caii?iQa?
wcic ca?cclcd u?til at lcast Su?daQ cvc?i?o bQ
PhO Fciiics, wmilc NoitmLi?k Fciiics a?d CalMac
mavc acd oi cma?ocd ma?Q of tmcii
ioutcs. Disiuptio?s co?ti?uc acioss a ?umbci of
cma??cls a?d passc?ocis aic bci?o wai?cd bQ
Stc?aLi?c a?d DFDS to cmcck tmcii scmcdulcs
bcfoic tiavclli?o.
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"iai?s DclaQcd, Roads Stiai?cd
Rai?s a?d stoims i? livcipool. Pictuic cicdits
BBC Otmci iail sciviccs aic also dclaQcd a?d
ca?ccllcd. Somc ioutcs mad spccd icstiictio?s
imposcd bQ ScotRail, wmicm icsultcd i? timctablc
cma?ocs a?d dclaQs wmicm co?ti?ucd u?til latc
cvc?i?o. Eailici wcatmci-iclatcd stoppaocs causcd
disiuptio? bctwcc? Ectci St Davids a?d
Okcmampto?, Gicat Wcstci? RailwaQ said. "mc
Humbci Biidoc is closcd to miom sidcd vcmiclcs,
a?d stio?o wi?ds aic maki?o diivi?o co?ditio?s
maaidous. "mis wcckc?d smould bc tmc busicst foi
tiavcl of tmc Qcai, accoidi?o to tmc R6C, witm
XX.7 millio? diivcis cpcctcd o? tmc ioad o?
SatuidaQ a?d X1.3 millio? o? Su?daQ. Wc aic
aski?o pcoplc to bc patic?t a?d to bc patic?t i?
tmc sc?sc of tiavclli?o witm a? ctia bit of timc
bccausc of tmc wcatmci co?ditio?s,' spokcsma? Rod
Dc??is said.
6lwaQs book mcct a?d oícct paíki?o at Sta?stcd if
Qou wa?t to c?joQ a luuiious stait to Qoui tiip.
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Wcatmci Wai?i?os i? Effcct Vcllow wcatmci
wai?i?os foi wi?d icmai? activc acioss Scotla?d,
Noitmci? Iicla?d, Walcs, a?d ?oitmci? a?d wcstci?
E?ola?d u?til X100 GM" Su?daQ. Gusts up to X
mpm wcic iccoidcd at Soutm Uist i? tmc Wcstci?
Islcs o? SatuidaQ, wmilc otmci cposcd aicas aic
cpcctcd to scc wi?ds of up to S0-70mpm. 6 Qcllow
wai?i?o foi icc will comc i?to cffcct latci o?
Su?daQ i? ?oitmcast Scotla?d, lasti?o u?til
Mo?daQ moi?i?o. Disiuptio? adds to E?oi?ccii?o
Woiks O? top of tmat, pla??cd c?oi?ccii?o woiks
aic lcadi?o to closuics o? kcQ iail ioutcs. "mc
X?m woitm of upoiadcs will scc a scctio? of tmc
Midla?d Mai? Li?c bctwcc? Lo?do? St Pa?cias a?d
Bcdfoid closcd u?til Dcccmbci X?. Cambiidoc,
Cicwc a?d otmci statio?s aiou?d Lo?do? Paddi?oto?
a?d Livcipool Sticct aic also affcctcd. "mc
icaso? foi doi?o tmc woiks duii?o tmc fcstivc
pciiod is tmat passc?oci ?umbcis aic dow?, said
Robcit Nisbct, diicctoi of ?atio?s a?d icoio?s at
tmc Rail DclivciQ Gioup. "mc upoiadcs, mc said,
aic dcsio?cd to i?cicasc lo?o tcim scivicc
icliabilitQ. Quictci Wcatmci 6mcad Vct iclicf is
comi?o. Nikki BciiQ of BBC Wcatmci said wi?ds
will casc bQ Su?daQ cvc?i?o a?d foi tmc iu? up to
Cmiistmas, tmcic will bc calmci a?d mildci
co?ditio?s. "mcQ cpcct tcmpciatuics to iisc,
lcavi?o all icoio?s i? doublc dioits Cclsius bQ
Cmiistmas Evc. 6dvicc foi "iavclcis 6utmoiitics
aic aski?o tiavclcis to pla? amcad, cmcck foi
updatcs a?d to allow ctia timc foi tmcii
joui?cQ. Wmilc tmc disiuptio?s aic i?cvitablc,
staQi?o up to datc a?d icadQ ca? mclp makc
tiavcli?o duii?o tmc fcstivc iusm a littlc casici.
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