| The overnight gales forced the cancellation of all trains north of Edinburgh, caused flights to be suspended at Dundee Airport and wreaked havoc on the roads network.
Rush hour commuters heading to Dundee from Fife this morning were being forced to divert towards Perth as the Tay Bridge remained closed early today.
The bridge eventually reopened to cars and single-decker vehicles at 9.30 am after a complete closure lasting more than 15 hours.
The early morning problems were exacerbated by the simultaneous closure of the Friarton bridge in Perth.
Council staff in Dundee were assessing the extent of the storm damage in the city.
One tenement in Peddie Street had to be evacuated after masonry sheared away from a chimney block and pierced the roof before falling 60-feet onto a parked car below.
A council spokesperson said, “City engineers and other council staff are currently attending a number of weather-related incidents across the city including fallen masonry, trees and other damage.”
“At Dundee Airport early morning flights to and from London were cancelled. The situation is being monitored and travellers are being advised to call the airport to check the situation.”
The high winds also knocked out television and radio broadcasts in parts of Dundee and North Fife.
The landlords of the Tay Bridge transmitter, NTL Broadcast, confirmed that it had gone off at about 4.30 am because of a mains fault.
A spokesman for the company said, “We are trying to get one of our own generators there, but because of the location and where they are stored it is not going to be a very quick job.” |
