Electricity North West is prepared for severe weather following the Met Office yellow weather warning for heavy rain and an amber weather warning for severe gales to hit the region tonight and tomorrow.

More than 1,200 residents and businesses in the Newburgh and Parbold area near Skelmersdale, West Lancashire are set to benefit from a major £350,000 project to upgrade the power network in the area.

Electricity North West received 22,000 applications for compensation from customers in Lancashire and Cumbria following power cuts resulting from Storm Desmond.

Daredevil Joe White from Carlisle is set to swap tree climbing with TV’s toughest obstacle course when he makes his debut on ITV extreme game show Ninja Warrior UK tomorrow night.

Underground electricity cables which have been keeping the lights on for residents and businesses on Walney Island, near Barrow-in-Furness for 65 years are set to be upgraded.

Electricity North West, the region’s power network operator, successfully minimised disruption to customers as the region was impacted by severe weather throughout today.

Electricity North West, the region’s power network operator, is finalising plans to protect customers’ power supplies as Storm Frank is forecast to impact our region this evening.

Electricity North West has fully restored the power network and work will continue today to get the remaining 88 customers back on supply.

Electricity North West engineers have completed more than 80% of the property safety checks that were required before customers could be reconnected to the network. Work will continue tomorrow to get the remaining 357 customers back on supply.

Engineers from Electricity North West Engineers have restored power to all substations in the region with the exception of Market Rochdale and Pioneers substations which serve 136 customers in Rochdale town centre.

Electricity supplies have been restored to 3,000 homes in Rochdale. Engineers from Electricity North West have worked round the clock to repair damage to flooded substations and to re-route supplies to restore power.

Power has been restored to more than 20,000 customers in Lancashire and Greater Manchester since the severe floods hit the region yesterday.