'Power restored' in North East
Northern Powergrid engineers have now restored power to all storm hit customers in the North East of England where access to their properties has been possible, said the company.
Northern Powergrid: 'Confident that power will be restored by end of today'
Northern Powergrid has said today that it remained confident that all properties safe to receive an electricity supply after Thursday's floods and lightening storms would have power restored by the end of today.
The number of customers without power in the North East and in a position to have their supply restored was 61, a spokesman said.
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Power restored after freak storms
The vast majority of homes left without power following this week's freak storms have been reconnected, according to suppliers.
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Heavy rains bring landslides and travel chaos across UK
Heavy rain has brought traffic chaos to the UK as flood waters closed railway lines and roads, and brought black-outs to the North East
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Deadly floods cause travel chaos across England
Widespread disruption is expected to blight major transport routes for a second day after fierce storms battered England.