Hundreds of homes across Lancashire have been left without power on New Year’s Day after heavy rain and strong winds brought chaos to the region.
Residents in Chorley, Clitheroe, Preston, Rossendale, Hyndburn, West Lancashire and Wyre have awoken to no electricity with power not expected to be restored in many places until around 4pm. Electricity North West said engineers are ‘on their way’ to affected areas and they aim to get power back on ‘as quickly as possible’.
It comes after the county was battered by a deluge of rain over the past 24 hours. More than 20 flood warnings and half a dozen flood alerts remain in place across Lancashire this morning (January 1) while homes and roads have been left under water.
An amber weather warning for rain from the Met Office remained in force until 9am today covering central and eastern areas of Lancashire. A less severe yellow warning for rain is still in force until 11am across most of the North West.
Here is a list of all the power cuts that have been reported so far and when power is expected to be restored:
Clayton-le-Woods
Thirteen properties have been affected in postcodes PR6 7JB, PR6 7RE
Estimated time of restoration – 4pm
Clitheroe
Twelve properties have been affected in postcodes BB7 1NR, BB7 1QT
Estimated time of restoration – 4pm
Altham
Twenty four properties have been affected in postcodes BB5 5NQ, BB5 5NH, BB5 5HE, BB5 5AA, BB5 5QX
Estimated time of restoration – 4pm
Greensclough, Rossendale
Fifteen properties have been affected in postcodes OL13 0AT, OL13 0AN, OL13 0AR
Estimated time of restoration – 4pm
Woodplumpton
Thirty six properties have been affected in postcodes PR4 0TE, PR4 0TD, PR4 0BH, PR4 0DX, PR4 0TH
Estimated time of restoration – 11.01am
Skelmersdale
Nineteen properties have been affected in postcodes WN8 8NG, WN8 8ND, WN8 8NE, WN8 8AF
Estimated time of restoration – 14.22pm
Breck, Wyre
Ninety eight properties have been affected in postcodes FY6 7HZ, FY6 7HU, FY6 7XG, FY6 7XH, FY6 7XF, FY6 7JD, FY6 7JA
Moorside, West Lancashire
Forty six properties have been affected in postcodes WN8 9BQ, WN8 9AY, WN8 9BD, WN8 8RR
Estimated time of restoration – 1.02pm
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