Storm Gareth brought gales of 63mph along the coast and 57mph in North Cumbria and Lancashire overnight which caused around 19 faults on the network across the region.

Engineers worked through the night in difficult conditions to restore power to the majority of customers and they will be back out this morning working to restore the remaining 311 customers, which are mainly located in Barrow, Penrith and Ambleside, in Cumbria.

Chris Fox, incident manager for Electricity North West, said: “We were fully prepared for the disruption anticipated by Storm Gareth and we are always ready to respond to adverse weather conditions.

“We’re pleased that the network largely withstood the storm and I’m proud of our engineers working in difficult conditions overnight to restore power to the majority of customers.

“At the moment it’s business as usual on the network, but we’re still closely monitoring the weather and our teams will be back out this morning restoring power to the remaining customers as soon as possible.”

Electricity North West is urging people to stay safe and if they see any damage to overhead power lines to stay away and report it straight away.

Electricity North West offers extra support to customers through their Priority Services Register. Extra support is available to customers if they require it.

Customers can register online by visiting www.enwl.co.uk/priority or calling Electricity North West on 105.

Customers can stay safe and prepare themselves in the event of potential power cuts by following the simple advice here www.enwl.co.uk/power-cuts/helpful-tips/.

You can view any live power cut information in the region on Electricity North West’s website here or get in touch on social media or by calling 105.