Electricity North West engineers have now restored power to 24,000 homes in Cumbria and Lancashire since Saturday morning, including 11,000 in Lancaster affected by flooding at a major substation.

Electricity North West plans to commence planned power outages in Carlisle at around 4pm today to prevent 60,000 customers from losing power at once.

Engineers from Electricity North West are continuing to work with emergency services in response to large power outages across the region.

55,000 properties in Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth and the surrounding area could be without power for a number of days following flooding to a major electricity substation in the area.

Electricity North West engineers and partner agencies are working to safeguard power supplies to 60,000 properties in Carlisle.

Engineers from Electricity North West have worked hard to prevent the need for planned shutdowns by protecting a key electricity substation in Carlisle.

Engineers have been working around the clock to repair damage to overhead power lines and electricity substations caused by severe gales and flooding in Cumbria and Lancaster.

Engineers from Electricity North West have been working hard in difficult conditions to repair damage caused by severe gales and heavy rain in Cumbria today.

Severe weather has continued to cause widespread disruption throughout the day causing further power cuts and major floods in Cumbria.

Engineers from Electricity North West have worked through the night in difficult conditions to restore power to over 2,000 customers after Storm Desmond brought severe gales and heavy rain to the region.

Electricity North West engineers and partner agencies are working to safeguard power supplies to 60,000 properties in Lancaster.

Flooding at a major substation in Lancaster has left 55,000 properties without power.