Camelon road blocked by uprooted tree as 100mph storms batter Scotland
6 January
A massive tree was uprooted in Camelon amidst the wild storms that saw 100mph winds batter the area.
Glenfuir Road was completely blocked by the tree, which had been blown over.
Tuesday’s extreme weather also caused other disruptions in Camelon.
Refuse collection services were suspended due to the high winds and there has been extensive damage to council properties across the Falkirk area.
The Building Standards Unit has been responding to numerous reports of damaged and dangerous buildings, in order to inspect them and instruct works to make them as safe as possible.
Due to the volume of calls being received about storm damage, the council are currently only carrying out work to ensure public safety.
A council spokesperson said: “Our immediate focus was to ensure public safety and undertake temporary measures to protect the properties and ensure they remained habitable
“The focus now is on permanent repair and remedial work to the damaged properties.
“Given the number of properties affected, staff will be diverted from other areas of work to undertake these priority repairs.”
Thankfully, the bin collection service has resumed however as the service is working a day in arrears this week (beginning Monday, January 2), collections intended for Monday will be carried out first, with Tuesday collections following on.
Brown bin collections are suspended to enable trade and domestic collections to be carried out.
Recycling centres are open as normal.
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