Wire · AZ Weekly Post
55 minutes ago Jason Arunn Murugesu North East and Cumbria Ed Hanson/BBC Storm Boelo caused significant disruption across Cumbria Hundreds of households across Cumbria and parts of north-eastern England remain without power in the wake of Storm Boelo. Electricity North West said it was working to restore power supplies to hundreds of homes, with the worst affected parts of Cumbria including Allerdale, Copeland and South Lakeland. Meanwhile Northern Powergrid said hundreds of customers were cut off in Northumberland and County Durham.
National Rail said trains between Ashington and Newcastle would not call at Northumberland Park, while services from Newcastle to Ashington will not stop at Blyth Bebside. Disruption is also expected on the line between Windermere and Oxenholme. Many trees have toppled over in the storm, including in South Shields Electricity North West said it was offering free welfare support to residents at Cartmel Food Shed Takeaway until 14:00 GMT.
The A66 reopened on Sunday evening after it was closed in both directions between the A67 near Bowes in County Durham and the A685 near Brough, Cumbria, due to strong winds - a section of road nearly 15 miles (24 km) long. The Redheugh Bridge was shut on Sunday afternoon due to high winds but was later reopened. No severe weather warnings remain in place across the North East or Cumbria on Monday but a yellow wind warning has been issued by the Met Office for Tuesday.
Source: BBC
