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Storm Eowyn: Hundreds in Fife and Stirling may be without power until Tuesday

The aftermath of the storm is being felt across much of the region.

January 25 2025, 1:00pm

A home in Huntingtower Park, Glenrothes had a narrow escape as a large pine tree fell during the high winds of Storm Eowyn. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

Hundreds of homes may be without power until Tuesday as Storm Eowyn’s effects continue to be felt.

Storm Eowyn battered the region on Friday, with winds of more than 100mph leading to outages.

The incident destroyed electricity supplies to tens of thousands of homes across Tayside, Fife and Stirling.

SP Energy Networks (SPEN) set up makeshift food trucks across Fife and Stirlingshire on Saturday to help affected communities.

Helpers armed with coffee and bacon rolls served residents in Cupar, Blairhall and Dunfermline, as well as in Aberfoyle, Strathyre and Plean.

On Sunday, warm spaces were set up in Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes, Leven and Cupar.

Workmen on Torbain Road in Kirkcaldy after trees fell on electricity lines on Friday. Image: Steve Brown/DC Thomson

SPEN said on Sunday morning that engineers were continuing to restore supplies, with 165,000 homes in central and southern Scotland now back with power.

But more than 14,000 customers were still in the dark.

These included:

Fife

Auchtertool (until around 11.59pm on Monday)
Cardenden (until around 11.59pm on Monday)
Duloch (until around 11.59pm on Sunday)
Cowdenbeath (until around 11.59pm on Sunday)
Gauldry (until around 11.59pm on Sunday)
Glenrothes – Crompton Road (until around 11.59pm on Sunday)
Rosyth (until around 4pm on Sunday)
Valleyfield (until around 4pm on Sunday

Stirling

Thornton (until around 11.59pm on Monday)
Stirling University (until around 11.59pm on Monday)

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said at 7.30pm on Saturday that more than 78,000 customers had been reconnected.

But more than 12,000 households remained without electricity.

These included:

Stirling

Killin (until around 10pm on Sunday)
Brig o’ Turk (unknown)

Perth and Kinross

Braco (until around 10pm on Sunday)

Fife volunteers secure power for care home

Volunteers set up a generator at Peacehaven Care Home in Lundin Links to ensure residents had power.

Methil Sea & Royal Marine Cadets installed the unit after the care home lost power.

Food truck. — A food truck in Cupar: Image: Fife Voluntary Action

In a post, they said: “Our volunteers have ensured the residents are at least warm for the night with PO Young offering to be on call in case they need assistance overnight!

“This goes to show the level of commitment and dedication to the local community.”