Thousands of homes are still without power in Cumbria following Storm Eowyn.
Electricity North West said the damage to its network was greater than initially thought.
It said overnight on Saturday, Cumbria’s power network experienced further damage, particularly between the hours of 9pm to 1am where many customers reported sightings of flashes on the overhead network.
It said weather conditions hit the coastal areas below Cumbria and the west coast of Cumbria around Workington and Seascale area.
Stephanie Trubshaw, Electricity North West’s incident manager, said: “The damage to the network we have seen is at the levels of Storm Arwen.
“We’ve seen mass devastation, largely across Cumbria as trees and high winds have brought down overhead lines and snapped wood poles.
“The power network has experienced further damage overnight with trees and debris colliding with overhead lines and wooden poles. “
The network operator restored power to close to 93,000 properties across its region with more than 200 separate damages recorded by yesterday afternoon.
Catering has been laid on for people affected across Cumbria.
Due to the storm’s severity, it will be classed as a Category 2 event, meaning that customers will be eligible for compensation payments of £85 if power has been cut off for 48 hours, and an extra £40 for every six hours afterwards.
Electricity North West said it would contact people entitled to the payments once the network was restored.
Power cuts – Tuesday January 28
- 28 properties in Cathedral & Carlisle. Estimated time of restoration under review
- 8 properties in St John’s Castlerigg & Wythburn. Estimated time of restoration 1pm.
- 6 properties in Embleton. Estimated time of restoration 1pm.
- 7 properties in Irton with Santon. Estimated time of restoration 1pm.
- 11 properties in Egremont. Estimated time of restoration 1pm.
- 40 properties in Workington. Estimated time of restoration under review.
- 13 properties in Dean. Estimated time of restoration 8pm.
- 6 properties in Holme Low. Estimated time of restoration under review
- 72 properties in Broughton Moor. Estimated time of restoration under review
- 12 properties in Moresby. Estimated time of restoration 1pm.
- 15 properties in Egremont. Estimated time of restoration 1pm.
- 24 properties in Dean. Estimated time of restoration 1pm.
- 13 properties in Westnewton. Estimated time of restoration 1pm.
- 8 properties in Ousby. Estimated time of restoration 6pm.
- 7 properties in Cleator Moor. Estimated time of restoration 6pm.
- 40 properties in Orton. Estimated time of restoration 6pm.
- 25 properties in Cathedral & Carlisle. Estimated time of restoration under review.
- 17 properties in Cathedral & Carlisle. Estimated time of restoration under review.
- 140 properties in Egremont. Estimated time of restoration 6pm.
- 30 properties in Egremont. Estimated time of restoration under review.
- 5 properties in Orton. Estimated time of restoration under review.
- 17 properties in Embleton. Estimated time of restoration under review.
- 119 properties in Blennerhasset & Torpenhow. Estimated time of restoration 1pm.
- 127 properties in Egremont. Estimated time of restoration 7am.
