• Engineers have worked through the night and restored power to a further 570 customers in Greater Manchester and Lancashire
• 7,524 customers now without power across North West
• Some properties may be without power until Monday due to severity of flooding
• Radcliffe: 500 properties restored, 1,000 now without power
• Rochdale: Power restored to 14,500 properties, 5,500 remain without power
• Bury: Power restored to 1,604 customers, 694 remain without power after second substation flooded yesterday afternoon
• Padiham: 1,490 now restored, 10 remain without power
• Croston: 89 now restored, 488 remain without power

Since the severe flooding hit yesterday engineers have restored power to more than 18,000 customers and the power network operator has warned that some properties may be without power until tomorrow (Monday 28 December).

Flood defences at a number of electricity substations were breached yesterday and engineers are working round the clock to restore power and have installed generators where possible to get power back on.

Mark Williamson, Operations Director for Electricity North West, said: “Our engineers have worked through the night and will continue to work today in extremely difficult conditions to restore power to the remaining 7,500 customers in Lancashire and Greater Manchester. There are still a number of substations that are flooded and we can't get access, but as soon as the water recedes then we have teams ready to go in and check the damage and make repairs"

Electricity North is sending food vans to a number of locations today to provide hot food to customers without power. Vans are currently scheduled to visit Radcliffe, Padiham and Rochdale. More information will be posted at www.electricitynorthwest.co.uk and on Twitter @ElectricityNW.

Vulnerable customers, including some older or disabled people, or those with a medical dependency on electricity, can also sign up to the Priority Services Register by visiting www.enwl.co.uk/priority or contacting Electricity North West on 0800 195 4141.

For advice on how to stay safe in a flooding event, please visit www.enwl.co.uk/power-cuts/flooding-advice.

To report a power cut please call 0800 195 4141, follow @ElectricityNW on Twitter or visit www.electricitynorthwest.co.uk.