Bottled water and patience: Companies give updates on Storm Darragh supply cuts in Shropshire
Companies have given updates on power cuts and water supply problems affecting hundreds of customers in the Shropshire region.
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Around 1,583 Network Power Distribution electricity customers in Shropshire and another 965 in Powys are hit by power cuts on Monday afternoon.
A large number of others who are supplied by SP Energy Networks in the north of the county and across the border are also affected after Storm Darragh tore across the region at the weekend.
Bottled water and tankers of water have also been drafted into to the region by Severn Trent as power cuts have also hit the water supply infrastructure.
In the Welsh Water area a bottled water station has been set up at Rhayader Leisure Centre after pumps failed in in the Rhayader and Llandrindod Wells area.
A spokesperson for National Grid said: “The adverse weather has made working conditions for our engineers challenging but they are continuing to make progress - tackling faults to get people’s power back on as speedily and safely as they can.
Restoration times will vary depending on the incident, but we’d like to thank customers across the West Midlands for their patience if they’ve been affected by Storm Darragh.
