We still have around 150 separate faults to go, each of which need specialist engineering teams to attend to make complex repairs ranging from broken poles to trees on lines and restringing conductors. We’ve had more than 300 separate faults on the network since Friday when usually we get five or six a day. Incident Manager, Clive Wilkinson said: “Every property we’re restoring power to now as part of this heroic effort by our engineers is hard won. Sign up to the MEN email newsletters to get the latest on sport, news, what's on and more by following this linkĮlectricity North West has said it is prioritising repairs to restore power to the most customers as quickly as possible as it continues to respond to devastating damage to the power network from Storm Arwen. We'll be bringing you live updates below: There were also reports of fallen trees across the region with disruption reported on the rail and road network.Īnd in Blackpool, The Promenade was closed due to a building collapse.Ī Met Office yellow warning for wind also remains in place for most of the country. In Manchester city centre emergency services were called to the Northern Quarter after wooden boards were blown onto two parked cars by the winds.

Other exposed roads were affected with the Woodhead Pass closed to high-sided vehicles and police also urging motorists to avoid the Snake Pass.Ī yellow weather warning for snow is in place for parts of Greater Manchester, the north of England and large parts of Scotland on Saturday evening. Snow ploughs and gritters were deployed to clear the road. The M62 near Milnrow was closed between junctions 21 and 22 at 2.30am on Saturday morning after more than 120 lorries got stuck in heavy snow.

Storm Arwen has hit large parts of the UK and Greater Manchester bringing with it strong winds and heavy snow.

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