Heavy rain and strong winds caused widespread power outages and flooding across Lancashire on January 1st. Thousands of homes were affected, with restoration efforts underway.
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 - 1
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