LONDON (AP) \u2014 Authorities in Scotland canceled trains, closed parks and warned people to tie down backyard trampolines as an unusually strong summer storm toppled trees, felled power lines and disrupted travel across northern Britain.<\/p>\n
The U.K.\u2019s Meteorological Office on Monday issued an \u201camber\u201d wind warning in Scotland for Storm Floris, meaning there is potential risk to lives and property, especially from large waves in coastal areas. <\/p>\n
Network Rail Scotland said wind gusts of up to 90 mph (145kph) had brought down trees across lines and damaged overhead wires. More than 22,000 properties were without electricity, operator Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks said.<\/p>\n
After reports of mobile homes being blown over on the Isle of Skye off Scotland\u2019s northwest coast, police Scotland said that \u201canyone with campervans should remain parked in sheltered areas until the wind speed reduces.\u201d<\/p>\n
The wind and heavy rain hit at the busiest time of year for tourism, with hundreds of thousands of people flocking to the Edinburgh Fringe and other arts festivals. The Edinburgh Military Tattoo, one of the city\u2019s biggest tourist draws, cancelled Monday\u2019s scheduled outdoor performance by massed ranks of bagpipers and drummers at Edinburgh Castle.<\/p>\n
Train companies canceled services across much of Scotland and some ferry crossings were also scrapped. Floris, named by weather authorities, also hit parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and northern England, the Met Office said.<\/p>\n
Scottish government minister Angela Constance urged people to be careful if traveling and \u201cconsider this a winter journey as opposed to a summer journey.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease make sure you\u2019ve got warm clothes, food, water, plenty of fuel and that your mobile phone is charged up,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Train operator ScotRail urged \u201canyone with garden equipment, such as tents, trampolines or furniture, to secure items so that they don\u2019t blow onto the tracks and interfere with lineside equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON (AP) \u2014 Authorities in Scotland canceled trains, closed parks and warned people to tie down backyard trampolines…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[74072,10109,10106,440,22016,57,50,6313,3883,313,103,107],"class_list":{"0":"post-118534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-angela-constance","9":"tag-climate","10":"tag-climate-and-environment","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-fairs-and-festivals","13":"tag-general-news","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-storms","17":"tag-weather","18":"tag-world","19":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114971298155887819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}