ross easton and they possibly can. ross easton and the enera they possibly can. | the energy networks association, thank you very much. great britain have won their first medal at the winter olympics in beijing. the men's curling team missed out on the gold though, being beaten by sweden in a tight match, which ended 4—5 after an extra end. but they have secured a silver medalfor team gb, with another medal guaranteed from the women's curlers tomorrow too. 0ur reporter, laura mcghie, was watching with some special guests in stranraer in scotland. we are here at the no, the only hotel in the world that has its own curling rink as part of the hotel. where better to watch this morning's final of the men's curling? and who better to watch it with in two of team gb�*s uncles, uncle, john munro. put into words how you feel after watching this morning's match. 0bviously watching this morning's match. obviously it is a bit sad that we lost, but we were very close and we are very proud of the boys on the team. they were absolutely brilliant. it is a game of small margins,

earlier we spoke to ross easton, director of external affairs at the energy networks association, whothe effort really focusing on reconnecting those customers. it's been a mammoth effort. 1.2 million people reconnected. we've got 8000 engineers out there working around the clock to do that as quickly as they safely can, but the challenges are immense. i mean, we've seen the severe weather. we sawjust a second ago a house crushed by a tree. the electricity network also seeing damage from trees and from airborne debris as well. it's very difficult to predict exactly where that damage is going to come in and also, the challenge we've got is that the storm has been so severe. we've seen two rare red weather warnings. that is very unusual, particularly in terms of the geography as well, so it has been extremely challenging, and the weather continues to be challenging right now as well. ross easton, director of external affairs at the energy networks association. joining me now is aaron linstead. aaron's mum and stepdad have been without power in devon since friday morning. i don't know if

ross easton is from the energy networks association.s out there, notjust in terms of being weather warnings at the red scale, but red wind warnings, which we have not seen before. the last one prior was in the shetland islands. it gives you a sense of the scale of destruction that has been caused there. a question that we often talk about after the storm is over is resilience. we are told, in particular now, we should expect more storms like this to become more common as the planet is warming up. these have been very treacherous times in terms of storms over the last few months, the good news this morning is that we have 1.3 million people, sorry, 1.1 million people who have been reconnected overnight with the storm damage. engineers working around the clock. but we still have 226,000 people without power at the moment. and 8,000 field staff and engineers working to reconnect people as quickly as they possibly can. a lot of your staff will have been out over the course of the weekend last night and this morning trying to do restoration.

with thousands of homes still without power, ross easton, director of the energy networks associationme of the challenges providers are facing reconnecting homes. we had already spoken to him once this weekend and he came onto the programme again. we've reconnected 1.3 million properties, so that is a heck of a storm that has come in, basically. we have seen two very rare red warnings, and that is what has caused such destruction. we've seen the pictures on our tv screens of houses being crushed as well, and that sort of damage is what we are seeing on the electricity network. we've got 8,000 people outjust now working to reconnect supplies as quickly as they safely can. but safety is the key, because we don't want friends and family out there in such weather conditions, and our colleagues are having to work in those conditions and having to be very careful about doing that. so we couldn't quite get out at the very start of the storm because of the amount of damage and the danger that was posed to our engineers, but we are out there now, being slightly hampered now by storm franklin w

with me is ross easton, director of external affairs at the energy networks association who look after must be an incredibly busy day for you. talk me through the challenges that are ahead, how are you feeling? we challenges that are ahead, how are you feeling?— challenges that are ahead, how are ou feelin: ? ~ ., ., , you feeling? we have got the number down since your _ you feeling? we have got the number down since your report _ you feeling? we have got the number down since your report there. - down since your report there. 155,000 people without power at the moment and the effort really focusing on reconnecting those customers. it has been a mammoth effort, 1.2 million people reconnected. we had 8000 engineers out there working around the clock to do that as quickly as they safely can, but the challenges are immense. we have seen the severe weather, we saw a second ago a house crushed by the tree. the electricity network also seeing damage from and airborne debris as well. itruiith also seeing damage from and airborne debris as well-— debris as well. with that, ross, is there any

that is the latest estimate ross easton is from the energy networks association.ave been very treacherous times in terms of storms over the last few months, the good news this morning is that we have 1.3 million people, sorry, 1.1 million people who have been reconnected overnight with the storm damage. engineers working around the clock. but we still have 226,000 people without power at the moment. and 8,000 field staff and engineers working to reconnect people as quickly as they possibly can. 0ur reporter, simonjones, is at paddington station in central london. a nightmare weekend to be travelling, simon.- a nightmare weekend to be travelling, simon. yes, and it is continuing- _ travelling, simon. yes, and it is continuing. great _ travelling, simon. yes, and it is continuing. great western - travelling, simon. yes, and it is. continuing. great western railway, which runs services from here down to the south—west is saying to people, "don't travel today." throughout today, paddington has been extremely busy, because i think many people got stranded here in londo

i'm nowjoined by ross easton, director of public affairs for the energy networks association — they looklatest situation?— good to have you with this, what is the latest situation? 83,000 homes as i seak the latest situation? 83,000 homes as i speak to — the latest situation? 83,000 homes as i speak to you — the latest situation? 83,000 homes as i speak to you now _ the latest situation? 83,000 homes as i speak to you now without i the latest situation? 83,000 homes| as i speak to you now without power, we have reconnected 1.3 million properties, a heck of a storm that has come in! we have seen two very rare red warnings and that is what has caused such disruption, we saw the pictures on our screens of houses being crushed and that sort of damage is what we see on the electricity network. i of damage is what we see on the electricity network.— of damage is what we see on the electricity network. i know people sometimes _ electricity network. i know people sometimes get — electricity network. i know people sometimes get agitated _ electricity network. i know people sometimes get agitated

ross easton, thank you forjoining us on breakfast.no northern line between moorgate and kennington due to ongoing works and there's major disruption to thameslink trains from st pancras international after a tree fell on overhead power lines yesterday. a reduced timetable is in place— just one train an hour— the latest we're hearing it's unlikely to be fixed till 8 tomorrow morning. time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini good morning. a very blustery day of weather yesterday with gusts of wind just over 50 miles an hour in the london area but worse is yet to come tomorrow from storm eunice. the met office have issued a amber weather warning, the second highest level of alert valid from three o'clock tomorrow morning until nine o'clock in the evening and there could be gusts of wind of around 70 up to 75 mph, possibly a bit higher in more exposed locations and that's enough to cause some widespread disruption and tricky travelling conditions of course and possibly some flying debris as well. today though, not quite so windy bu

thousands of homes remain without power because of storm franklin — let's get the latest from ross eastonh homes without ower? ' ., ., , ., , power? 1.4 million homes have been reconnected — power? 1.4 million homes have been reconnected since _ power? 1.4 million homes have been reconnected since storm _ power? 1.4 million homes have been reconnected since storm eunice - power? 1.4 million homes have been reconnected since storm eunice and | reconnected since storm eunice and storm franklin a day or so later. as i speak to you today, 12,000 homes are without power but efforts are ongoing by thousands of engineers to reconnect these homes as quickly as safely can. pare reconnect these homes as quickly as safel can. �* _, ., , reconnect these homes as quickly as safel can. �* ., , , . safely can. are conditions difficult for the engineers? _ safely can. are conditions difficult for the engineers? yes, _ safely can. are conditions difficult for the engineers? yes, very - for the engineers? yes, very difficult- _ for the engineers? yes, very difficult. treacherous - for the engineers? yes, v

we're joined now by ross easton from the energy networks association.we have reconnected 1.2 million people, one of the most devastating scenes we've seenin of the most devastating scenes we've seen in terms of damage to the network and the number of people without power. that network and the number of people without power.— network and the number of people without power. that is mainly across south wales. _ without power. that is mainly across south wales, south-west _ without power. that is mainly across south wales, south-west england, i south wales, south—west england, across the south, and up into the south—east and eastern england. as we saw with storm are when it took many, many days for some people to get their power back longer than expected. when do have these people back on the network again. hat back on the network again. not everybody _ back on the network again. idrrit everybody will be reconnected today unfortunately but we have 8000 engineers working around the clock to reconnect people as quickly as they possibly can. the challenges we

we can speak now to ross easton from the energy networks association.ions are happening right now. i was on because yesterday in which the operational teams from across the uk when all coming together to look at what resources they can share between them if necessary and right now it's a case of watching that weather forecast closely to see how it develops during the week.— closely to see how it develops during the week. closely to see how it develops durini the week. ~ , ., , during the week. when the storm hits commits keeping _ during the week. when the storm hits commits keeping an _ during the week. when the storm hits commits keeping an eye _ during the week. when the storm hits commits keeping an eye on _ during the week. when the storm hits commits keeping an eye on that, - during the week. when the storm hits commits keeping an eye on that, but| commits keeping an eye on that, but thenit commits keeping an eye on that, but then it is the length of time people are without power, so rachel telling us she was 11 days, no heating, lighting, no toil

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