North West battered by extreme weather
Our region is feeling the effects of storm Desmond as heavy wind and rain prompts severe Met Office weather warnings.
All customers back on electricity grid
Customers in Lancaster and surrounding areas who had been receiving power via generators are now all back on the grid, Electricity North West confirmed today.
More than 70 generators had been providing temporary power to 23,000 customers in the area after the River Lune burst its banks and flooded the main substation.
Engineers spent Friday night switching remaining properties back to the power grid, and this work is now complete.
Mark Williamson, operations director for Electricity North West, said:
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Power returned to almost all Cumbrian properties
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