Storm Darragh has led to a number of powercuts on the Yorkshire Coast as Northern Powergrid battle to restore electricity.
In a statement on their website, Northern Powergrid said it's been challenging to get power restored, with tens of thousands of customers affected:
Storm Darragh has continued to bring strong winds across our regions throughout Sunday. So far, the storm has affected power supplies to around 80,000 customers and our teams are continuing to work hard in challenging conditions to get the power back on and support all those affected. We are continuing to make good progress, with over 100,000 power cuts having been restored since the storm hit. Our focus remains on reconnecting the remaining 10,500 people who are still without power. Today, we expect to be able to restore the majority of customers affected, however the scale of damage means that it is likely around 2,500 customers, mainly in the North Yorkshire area, will be without power until Monday. A large proportion of those customers who will not have power restored today (Sunday) are affected by power cuts that happened overnight or during the day today. We have support teams out in our communities, going door to door to provide hot meals and welfare support, and we have contacted customers in the areas most affected to make sure they know the locations of our Customer Support Vehicles and what other support is available in their local area. For customers who have been without power for more than 24-hours, we are offering a £150 contribution to overnight accommodation and further financial support where appropriate.
Northern Powergrid said that the region wasn't the worst affected, which meant extra resources were being used elsewhere where the situation was more serious.
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