THERE are several power cuts affecting parts of Cumbria.
Many parts of the county have been affected by the outages.
Electricity North West is preparing for strong winds which look set to hit the region.
Latest power cuts: St. Cuthbert Without, Carlisle - 600 homes
Aspatria - 200 homes
Hesket - 156 homes
Currock &Upperby - 48 homes
Cumwhitton, Carlisle - 122 homes
Sebergham, Allerdale - 108 homes
Hindpool, Barrow - 1591 homes
Torver, South Lakeland- 92 homes
Strickland Ketel, South Lakeland - 106 homes
Kirkby Stephen, Eden - 616 homes
Above Derwent, Allerdale - 228 homes
Oughterside And Allerby, Allerdale - 438 homes
Dean, Allerdale - 242 homes
Rockcliffe, Carlisle - 53 homes
Already, the power network operator has hundreds of engineers on standby to repair any damage quickly and safely, with extra call agents on hand to provide help and support to customers.
Steph Trubshaw, Electricity North West’s customer director, said: “We’re constantly monitoring the weather and several forecasts are showing wind speeds of 70mph across the region for a prolonged period of time.
“Given the predicted forecasts, we’re anticipating the conditions will make it unsafe for teams to climb meaning restorations for some customers will be delayed.
“Where we can, we will restore properties remotely utilising the technology we have on our network but for faults that need a permanent repair, power may be off overnight and into Monday if conditions are too dangerous.
“Should that be the case, we’ll ensure regular updates are provided to those customers that are impacted, and from tomorrow morning, we’ll have hundreds of staff responding to ensure supplies are restored.”
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