{"id":810882,"date":"2026-10-23T00:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T00:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/810882\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T00:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T00:08:11","slug":"heavy-rain-forecast-as-first-of-two-named-storms-sweeps-across-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/810882\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain forecast as first of two named storms sweeps across Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speed restrictions for trains are also expected in some areas as the second storm moves across the country over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Craig Gorman, head of operational weather strategy at Network Rail Scotland, said: &#8220;We can&#8217;t control the weather, but we can make sure we&#8217;re as ready as possible for whatever it brings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We know any disruption from these storms will be frustrating, particularly as it&#8217;s the weekend, but we&#8217;ll do everything we can to keep people moving wherever it&#8217;s safe to do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mark Ilderton, ScotRail service delivery director, said: &#8220;Safety is always our top priority and with weather warnings in place as Storm Austen and Storm Boelo bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of Scotland this weekend, there is an increased risk of flooding and disruption on the railway.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He advised customers to check services before they travel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Power cuts are possible, which could also affect mobile phone coverage and other services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is a small risk of damage to buildings, including roof tiles being blown off, while flying debris could pose a danger to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speed restrictions for trains are also expected in some areas as the second storm moves across the country&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-810882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}