Storm Boelo leaves 82,600 homes in the dark as 84mph gusts batter Britain and danger-to-life warnings remain
Engineers have already reconnected 344,900 customers, the Energy Networks Association said, yet the outages are still mounting. In Scotland, more than 24,000 SSEN properties lost supply, along with around 6,000 SP Energy Networks homes, mostly in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. Gusts peaked at 84mph in Argyll and Bute. The amber wind warning stays in force until 9pm tonight.
Tha-Tien-Thai restaurant in Largs saw its kitchen flooded: 'There is nothing left.'
Homes cut off for more than 24 hours in the worst storms can claim £90 from their network operator.
Over 400 people were forced to flee a caravan park in Lancashire.
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