Perthshire homes in the dim as sleet brings down energy cables

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Motorists were left stranded and roads were sealed yesterday as complicated layer caused trade disharmony opposite northern Scotland. Thousands of householders in Perthshire were additionally left but energy overnight after wet, complicated sleet weighed down cables.

Grampian, Moray and the Highlands were the misfortune influenced areas, with high winds and flapping sleet adding to the problems.

In Aberdeenshire, about 80 people were stranded in their cars overnight on the A96 in between Keith and Fochabers, forcing the closure of the road. The A9 Perth to Dunblane highway additionally had to be sealed in both directions after dual accidents, one involving a jack-knifed truck and the alternative depressed energy cables.

Grampian Police urged motorists in Aberdeenshire to expostulate with counsel and stay at home when possible. A mouthpiece said: All roads west of Aberdeen are really bad influenced by sleet and ice. Wed suggest people to practice counsel and usually transport if positively necessary.

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A series of roads have additionally been sealed in the Highlands, together with the A82 at the sleet gates at Glencoe, A939 Grantown to Dava, A835 Aultguish to Ullapool and the A889 Laggan to Dalwhinnie road. A jack-knifed truck forced the closure of the B9019 Keith to Buckie road.

In Aberdeenshire 122 schools were sealed or to some extent closed, with 80 close in the Highlands, twenty-nine in Moray and dual to some extent sealed in Aberdeen.

The Met Office has likely that by currently some-more than 23in of sleet will have depressed in the misfortune strike areas. Barry Gromett, a forecaster for the service, pronounced the misfortune of the continue will begin to move south by the weekend.

He said: On Friday the continue front that has been bringing all this sleet is pushed behind southwards to the executive belt. Then in to Saturday there will be in all light sleet over the Borders. Further north things are seeking rather better, but still with a cold north-easterly wind.

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