Full list of schools CLOSED today as 83mph Storm Herminia hits UK leaving 75k without power – which are shut near you?
Full list of schools CLOSED today as 83mph Storm Herminia hits UK leaving 75k without power – which are shut near you?
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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.
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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.
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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:.
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Closures across Scotland include:. 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.
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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.
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