MULTIPLE agencies in Cumbria are working in response to the damage caused by Storm Arwen.

Teams will be checking on residents’ safety and welfare, providing advice and support if required.

Organisations will also be making targeted home visits to people known to agencies as potentially vulnerable.

The work is part of the effort to ensure public safety and will be co-ordinated by local Operational Control Groups working out of Kendal Fire Station and Ulverston Blue Light Hub initially.

The British Red Cross will be working with Electricity North West to telephone around 600 known vulnerable customers in affected areas.

6000 homes in Cumbria remain without electricity.

Teams from Electricity North West working through the day it is expect that this number will drop by the end of the day, but some properties could remain without power until Friday.

The public are reminded to contact www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it or call 101 if they have concerns.

Local welfare and respite centres offering warmth, light, phone charging facilities, toilets and kitchen facilities:

  • Ambleside- located at Ambleside Parish Centre, The Centre, Vicarage Rd, Ambleside LA22 9DH
  • Coniston- located at Coniston Sports and Social, Shepherds Bridge Ln, Coniston LA21 8AL
  • Dalton- located at Dalton Leisure Centre and High Tide Café, Beckside Road, Dalton-in-furness, LA15 8DA (9.00-5.00 PM for Café and 07.30-8.00 PM for the Leisure Centre to shower and recharge phones)