Engineers from Electricity North West have restored power to 10,500 properties over the Cumbria, Lancashire and Peak District areas following Storm Pia. 

The weather, with winds reaching 55mph, front toppled trees and cast debris across the region, causing significant damage and power outages yesterday (December 21). 

Mark Mercer, Electricity North West’s incident manager, said: “Despite the extremely challenging conditions, we’ve made considerable progress and have been able to carry out repairs on many of the individual incidents.  

“We were well prepared well in advance, drafting in additional engineers into the region, and this has shown in our response and all outstanding faults are fully resourced and we won’t stop until the last home is reconnected.  

“As always, should any customers see any damage to the network, they should stay clear and report it to us by calling 105.” 

Over the course of the day, the company's call centre has managed more than 1,000 calls.