Aberdeenshire council declares a ‘major incident’ as heavy snow batters area | Weather | News
Aberdeenshire council declared a major incident due to ongoing heavy snowfall in the area. It comes after the Met Office issued a yellow warning covering several parts of the UK, including most of Aberdeenshire and the north-east of Scotland. It will continue until 19.00 on Tuesday.
Rural communities have been warned by the local government that some may experience power outages and there is a high likelihood of power outages. Schools in the region will be closed for the third day on Wednesday. Sharing an update on Tuesday afternoon, the council said: “Aberdeenshire will continue to experience heavy snowfall today and overnight – some falling as icy rain – which has the potential to cause further disruption. “We appreciate that this is a very challenging time for many of you, particularly those living in our most rural areas and smaller communities, and our teams are working to support individuals who are struggling.
“If possible, please look out for each other, check in on your neighbours, especially those who are elderly, vulnerable or living alone.”
Aberdeenshire Council said it would attempt to collect litter in Fraserburgh, Macduff, Whitehills and Banff on Tuesday. On all other routes, citizens are informed to take back their trash cans.
All vaccination centers in Aberdeenshire are currently closed. The Peterhead Minor Injury Unit has also been temporarily closed due to staff being unable to travel.
Snow conditions in the region are expected to continue on Wednesday; A yellow warning for snow and ice will be in place throughout the day in northern Scotland, with a yellow ice warning in place for the rest of the country until 10am.
Hundreds of schools in northern Scotland were closed for a second day on Tuesday as weather conditions caused travel disruptions.
Snowy conditions disrupted road, air and rail transportation across the country; Some train lines were closed due to heavy snowfall drifting onto the rails.
National Rail said train services in northern Scotland would be disrupted until the end of the day on Tuesday, but ScotRail said services on the route between Aberdeen and Dundee had resumed in the morning.
The lowest temperature overnight in Scotland was seen at Dalwhinnie and Tulloch Bridge, where temperatures dropped to minus 11.2 and minus 10.7 degrees.
