Thousands of households still without power after weekend storms Malik and Corrie

Power companies have said they hope to have reconnected power to all but 11,500 households overnight following two weekend storms.

Northern Powergrid, which supplies northern England, said around 80,000 customers were affected by Storm Malik, which brought winds of more than 90mph on Saturday.

Some 7,000 were still without power at 6.30pm on Sunday, although the company said that it hoped to cut that to 4,000 during the night.

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Worst-affected were Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and County Durham.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said it had 9,000 households without power in Scotland as at 8pm on Sunday, with plans to reconnect 1,500 of those overnight.

The Scottish government also confirmed on Sunday evening that all but 7,500 households in Scotland were expected to be reconnected overnight.

The main areas affected are rural Aberdeenshire, with pockets of customers also off supply in Angus, the Highlands, the Moray Coast and Perthshire.

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Aberdeenshire schools expected to delay opening or remain closed

Schools in Aberdeenshire are among those expected to delay opening or remain closed on Monday due to a lack of power or heating.

A nine-year-old boy in Staffordshire and a 60-year-old woman in Aberdeen died after trees came down during Storm Malik on Saturday.

Storm Corrie hit on Sunday but its gusts are expected to slowly move away on Monday morning.

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The strongest gust from Storm Malik was 93mph in Brizlee Wood, Northumberland, but there were also winds over 80mph recorded in Scotland and over 70mph in England’s north.

‘Exceptionally strong winds for any time of the year’

Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “That is exceptionally strong for any time of the year and there is no wonder there were significant impacts such as power outages and damage to buildings.

“It is very unfortunate that things were worse than that for some people.”

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Mr Burkill said: “It is not just the case of strong winds causing problems – there is also the ice risk across parts of Scotland through to the early part of Monday morning.

“There will be some wintry showers. Emergency services are trying to get out, utility companies are trying to make repairs and so the icy conditions are not going to make that easier for them.”

Ice warnings are covering Grampian, Highlands and Eilean Siar, Strathclyde and Fife until 10am on Monday, while there are wind warnings for the eastern coast of England from Norfolk as far as Northumberland.

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