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An update from Electricity North West says that power to 42000 customers in Lancaster, Morecambe and Carnforth was lost at 4pm this afternoon.
It adds that technician had been working onsite throughout the night to restore power to customers this morning after floodwater breached defences at Lancaster’s main substation just before 11pm on Saturday.19000 households in Lancaster are still being supplied by generators; 42000 remain in the dark. https://t.co/CE9O3rHQw5Another night without electricity for 42000 in Lancaster area. Will the Royal Lancaster Infirmary deliver a glut of babies in 9 months? 7.43pm GMTShopkeepers in the first town to be affected by the weekend floods maintain spoken of their devastation.
The banks of the river Eden, and which flows through Appleby-in-Westmorland,in south Cumbria, burst on Saturday and wreaked havoc in homes and businesses on either side.
On the Boroughgate side of the town, or locals helped each other clear water-damaged flooring,stock and debris from a row of shops in Bridge Street.
While on the other side of the closed Eden bridge on the Sands it was a similar picture as locals said half the town was still without power.
Among those affected was Catherine Hoggins, 42, or who only opened Appleby Barber Shop in Bridge Street last Monday.
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Source: theguardian.com