Clean-up under way as Storm Boelo leaves 90,000 without power — SkimNews
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- Storm Boelo caused flooding and property damage across the UK, leaving around 90,000 properties without power as of Monday, according to the Energy Networks Association.
- Two men died during the storm—one in his 20s in north London and a 60-year-old in Dumfries and Galloway—after being struck by falling trees.
- Energy Networks Association reported sustained winds of 50–85mph in parts of Scotland and northern England, hampering engineers' efforts to restore power safely.
- Marcus Reed, operations director at Wax Lyrical in Cumbria, said his factory and shop would be without power until Tuesday evening, disrupting two full days of peak Christmas production.
- Met Office issued a yellow wind warning for the west coast of England, Wales, Scotland, and eastern Northern Ireland from 18:00 Monday to 03:00 Tuesday, with another warning active from 03:00 Tuesday across northern Scotland.
- Network Rail confirmed closures on the Crianlarich to Oban and Inverness to Wick and Thurso lines, with restoration work ongoing, while ScotRail reported most services resumed.
Why it matters: The storm's death toll and prolonged outages during the pre-Christmas peak hit businesses like Wax Lyrical with immediate operational losses, while repeated yellow warnings signal ongoing risk to infrastructure already strained by back-to-back storms, raising pressure on energy and transport networks to demonstrate resilience under worsening weather.
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