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Storm Arwen chaos knocks out power to more than 115,000 properties in Scotland

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Powerful wind gusts up to 100mph caused extensive damage to power supplies in Scotland with more than 115,000 properties left in the dark.

The Met Office issued a rare ‘danger to life’ warning as Storm Arwen battered large parts of the country - sending trees and debris flying on Friday night.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) say they remain on red alert status in the north as widespread disruption continues on Saturday.

They have so far been able to restore power to over 40,000 customers but say that a further 75,000 remain cut off in the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Perthshire and Moray area.Engineers have been out since first light attempting to fix downed cables while helicopter patrols are taking place over the network.But

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