Power cuts in the wake of Storm Arwen are affecting hundreds of York homes today (Sunday).
Ninety households in the YO32 postcode, centred around Stockton on the Forest, have been blacked out for more than 24 hours.
Their power went down at around 10.37am yesterday (Saturday), in the tail end of the Storm Arwen wind and rain.
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The latest update from Northern Powergrid is that the electricity supply is not due to be turned back on until 11.15pm tonight.
Meanwhile two further York power cuts have been reported this morning (Sunday).
The first has blacked out 170 homes and businesses in the YO1, YO10 and YO31 postcodes.
The second has hit another 50 premises in the YO10 postcode area.
They were due to be reconnected by this lunchtime.
To the south east of York, 30 homes in the YO25, YO4, YO41, YO42, YO43 and YO8 postcodes around Seaton Ross and Everingham, have been without power since 12.51pm yesterday.
Northern Powergrid does yet not know when they will be reconnected.
And a handful of homes in the YO42 4SS postcode around Melbourne were cut off from 9.29am today. They are not expected to be reconnected until tomorrow at 12.30pm.
At 2pm on Sunday, Northern Powergrid issued this update:
Northern Powergrid, the company responsible for the electricity distribution network across the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, has restored power to around 200,000 of 240,000 customers whose power supplies have been affected by Storm Arwen.
From first light Northern Powergrid’s teams continued work on the huge task of repairing the damage left in the wake of the storm and identifying further points of damage that will need to be repaired.
All resources available are deployed, including contractors, and the network operator, as part of an industry mutual aid agreement, has also secured additional teams from other UK network operators to bolster its response and assist with the complex permanent repairs needed following the impact of the storm.
With more than 700 (of 1,100) incidents still to address, there is a huge amount of work to be completed. Many of the faults will require intensive work and are localised with smaller numbers of customers associated, which means some customers will remain off supply for long periods as the network operator works through this programme.
Northern Powergrid’s teams are identifying those at risk of being off supply for more than another 24 hours so customers can make alternative arrangements.