SCHOOLS across the UK have been forced to shut their doors today as Storm Herminia barrels in bringing chaos in its wake.
The storm is moving in from Europe, bringing the threat of flooding and more disruption to transport across large parts of England and Wales.
BNPSStorm Herminia Strong winds brought big waves at West Bay on the Jurassic Coast this morning[/caption]
RexVehicles make their way through the flood waters in Dunsden, Oxfordshire this morning[/caption]
METThe Met Office has issued weather warnings across England and Wales[/caption]
As a result, dozens of schools across Northern Ireland have been left with little choice but to send pupils home.
Thousands of youngsters in Scotland will also shutter today amid the destructive aftermath of Storm Eowyn, where damaged buildings, uprooted trees and widespread power cuts paralyzed helpless Brits.
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks said around 74,000 customers remained without power at the end of Sunday following Storm Eowyn, while the Northern Powergrid said teams were working to reconnect more than 150 customers overnight.
Affected schools across Northern Ireland include:
Western
Drumrane Primary School, 286 Drumrane Road, BT47 4NL
Strabane Primary School, 43 Derry Road, BT82 8DX
St John the Baptist Primary School Belleek, Carrenbeg, BT93 3DP
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School Greencastle, 279 Crockanboy Road, BT79 7QP
North Eastern
Donaghadee Primary School, Northfield Road, BT21 0BD
Lisnasharragh Primary School, Tudor Drive, BT6 9LS
Clifton Special School, 292a Old Belfast Road, BT19 1RH
St Colman’s High and Sixth Form College, 52 Crossgar Road, BT24 8XS
Killyleagh Integrated Primary School, 12 Shrigley Road, BT30 9SR
Southern
Ballytrea Primary School, 52 Gortnaskea Road, BT71 5NY
Moyallon Primary School, 103 Moyallon Road, BT63 5JY
Derrylatinee Primary School, 50 Derrylatinee Road, BT70 1PS
Killicomaine Junior High School, Upper Church Lane, Portadown, BT63 5JE
Donaghey Primary School 28 Killygarvin Road, BT71 5LN
St Matthew’s Primary School Magheramayo, 27 Dolly’s Brae, BT31 9AZ
Closures across Scotland include:
East Ayrshire
Loudoun Academy
Sorn Primary
North Ayrshire
Elderbank Primary School
Brodick Nursery
Edinburgh
Drummond High
Forrester High
Craigmount High
North Lanarkshire
St Brendan’s Primary School and Nursery (Muirhouse)
South Lanarkshire
St Patrick’s Primary School and Nursery Class (Strathaven)
Argyll and Bute
Tighnabruaich Primary School
Kilmodan Primary School
Clachan Primary School
Rhunahaorine Primary School
Gigha Primary School
Small Isles Primary School
Glenbarr Primary School has no power, pupils will be taken to Dalintober at normal collection time.
Dumfries and Galloway
Colvend Primary School
Kirkgunzeon Primary School
Lochrutton Primary School
Glasgow
Govan Gaelic primary school/Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Bhaile a’ Ghobhainn will open a bit later at 10.30am
Scottish Borders
Heriot Primary School
Newcastelton Primary School
Stirling
Borestone Primary School and Nursery School
Bridge of Allan Primary School and Nursery School
Fintry Primary School (Nursery open)
East Dunbartonshire
Hillhead Primary School and Early Years Centre
Dundee
Work will be carried out over the weekend so that Grove Academy opens on Monday as normal. Specific access arrangements for Grove Academy pupils have been sent direct to families.
Inverclyde
St Mary’s Primary School pupils will be taught at Notre Dame High School
Renfrewshire
Renfrew High School
HERMINIA HELL
Flight tracker Flightaware shows Heathrow has cancelled 26 flights, while another 37 are delayed, affecting up to 4,000 passengers.
A landslip near Darwen, Lancashire, means all National Rail lines are blocked, with trains between Bolton and Blackburn cancelled.
It comes after Calum Carmichael, 19, and Kacper Dudek, 20, were killed by falling trees.
And a 73-year-old British sailor remains missing at sea after his yacht disappeared in stormy weather off the coast of Lacanau on the southwest French coast on Saturday.
Meanwhile, nearly 300,000 homes were left without power over the weekend in Northern Ireland, with suppliers receiving two months’ worth of calls about issues in just two days.
A series of yellow warnings for wind and rain have been issued for large parts of England and Wales with more than 40 flood warnings in place.
5-day weather forecast
Today:
Showers or longer spells of rain across most areas. Showers turning heavy at times in the south with a chance of thunder, plus hill snow in the north. Strong, gale-force winds continuing in the south, and temperatures around average.
Tonight:
Showers and longer spells of rain continue overnight. Gales in the southwest slowly easing, but winds picking up in the far north. A patchy frost forming in the northwest.
Tuesday:
Further heavy showers in the south with a risk of thunder. Longer spells of rain in the northwest, but easing later. Strong winds at first, and temperatures around average.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Remaining wet and windy in the south on Wednesday. Becoming more settled for all on Thursday and Friday. Temperatures near the seasonal average, but chilly at night.
After a Met Office warning for rain over parts of Wales and central, southern and northern England, ran until 6am today and there was little respite with much of the same area under a 24-hour warning for strong and gusty winds from the same time.
A warning for periods of heavy rain that could cause some flooding of roads and properties was in place for the West Midlands and most of Wales until 11.59pm on Monday with the Met Office predicting 20mm to 40mm to fall quite widely and 50mm to 70mm on higher ground.
Flooding saw stretches of the A36 and A303 closed in Devon and Wiltshire overnight, while National Rail said services were running normally between Taunton and Castle Cary after flooding.
Most of the 40 flood warnings, where flooding is expected, issued by the Environment Agency cover the south west and south coast, the two warnings issued by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
Scotland is recovering from the effects of Storm Eowyn.
ScotRail said engineers had made “great progress” in removing debris and repairing damage, but several lines were unlikely to reopen for the start of services on Monday.
The Largs to Adrossan line will not reopen on Monday after an overhead gantry was brough down by a falling tree.
Avanti West Coast said services to and from Glasgow and Edinburgh had resumed, but warned of late starts and possible delays on Scottish routes.
LNPDrivers brave the flooding on the A3 in New Malden south-west London this morning[/caption]
PAPeople walking in the wind and rain on Westminster bridge on Sunday afternoon[/caption]
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