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Storm Bello halts trains in Scotland as winds hit 136 km/h

25.10.2026

Thousands of homes in Scotland lost power, and because of the wind from the same storm, dozens of flights were cancelled at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam.

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Storm Bello hit Scotland on Saturday evening with gusts of up to 85mph (136km/h), leaving thousands of homes without power. Wind from the same storm led Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to cancel dozens of flights today.

Network Rail Scotland stopped trains in Glasgow and Partick, and ferries have also stopped. Strong gusts, flooding and trees on the tracks caused the disruption. Police Scotland asked people not to travel by car unless they have to.

Thousands of homes have no power, including in Argyll and Bute. Scotland's electricity network says about 6,000 homes in its area are cut off, mainly in Ayrshire and in Dumfries and Galloway. In the west Highlands, more than 5,500 homes have no power.

Dozens of warnings are in force across Scotland, including for flooding. Floods have closed many roads.

In Aberdeen, the city council closed the flood barriers on Riverside Drive as a precaution because the River Dee is high. The barriers will stay shut until at least Monday. In Edinburgh, Princes Street Gardens, Lauriston Castle and the Saughton Winter Gardens remain closed to visitors today, the city council said.

A yellow weather warning was in force in the UK as Bello struck. The Met Office says the strongest gusts overnight in the warning area are between 60 and 70mph (96 and 112km/h). The area covers Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and the far north of England. In exposed coastal places, gusts top 80mph (128km/h). On Tiree, in the Inner Hebrides, the wind reached 132km/h early this morning.

Forecasters warned that the strong wind could cause injuries, scatter debris, cut power and damage trees and buildings. The storm also hit Ireland.

Bello came hours after Storm Austin, the first named storm of the season, which struck parts of the UK on Friday, 23 October. Hundreds of homes in south-west England are still without power after Austin. National Grid said it had restored power to 131,225 properties by about 8pm last night.

In the Netherlands, the flights cancelled today at Schiphol include KLM, Lufthansa and easyJet services. The wind means the airport cannot use some of its runways. KLM also cancelled dozens of flights on Friday and Saturday. An airport spokesperson said airlines are changing their schedules and passengers should expect more cancellations and delays. Schiphol advises people to check their flight details directly with their airlines.

Parts of the Netherlands are still under a yellow warning. The wind caused damage overnight into Sunday. In Amsterdam-Noord a tree fell on a moving car, and near Lochem in the province of Gelderland a tree fell on the railway line, so no trains are running there this morning.

Security services in the province of Friesland asked people not to call 112 about fallen trees and branches. "That keeps the 112 line free for reports of situations where people or animals are in immediate danger," they said.

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