THE Northern Powergrid map reveals how thousands are still without power following the devastation of Storm Arwen - as some enter their eleventh day.
Hundreds of postcodes across the North East are still without power after severe weather brought down power cables and damaged infrastructure last Friday.
Last night, the electricity distributor provided an update and said around 3,000 were still off the grid with generators deployed to a number of areas.
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However, the map continues to show the scale of the problem with dozens of pointers on the map showing where electricity is still unavailable.
The map, which can be accessed by clicking here, shows how some have been without power for eleven days, while new power cuts were only reported a couple of days ago.
According to Northern Powergrid, postcode areas including NE66, NE61, DH7, DH8, DL12 and DL13, are among those where power went off on the Friday before last.
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Meanwhile, there are a number of postcodes where there are no timeframes yet available for when power will be restored including homes in DH7, NE20 and DL11.
'We are working to restore supplies to the 3,000 customers who are still affected'
In a statement, Northern Powergrid said: "We still have a lot do and all our teams are working with one common goal – get customers back on power as quickly as it is safe to do so.
"We are working to restore supplies to the 3,000 customers who are still affected. We have restored power to 237,000 of the 240,000 customers impacted by Storm Arwen.
"Over 260 generators have been deployed across the North East to get the power on for customers while we work to rebuild the overhead lines damaged by Storm Arwen.
"These significant repairs must be done before we can get to a street-by-street and house-by-house level.
"If you cannot see one of our engineers in your area yet, you have not been missed – they are working to restore power further down the line to enable the final repairs that get your power back on.
"Yesterday we completed more work than we expected thanks to the exceptional efforts of our team, but we also discovered some additional work that is now in our plan."
Update despite poor weather expected this week
In their update last night, the Northern Powergrid that despite Storm Barra making landfall on Tuesday, engineers would still meet their deadline in a number of cases.
They said: "Although more adverse weather conditions are predicted, we are now hopeful that the work we have in front of us will be completed on Tuesday 7 December, provided that any additional damage that we find is not extensive.
"We continue to work hard to improve on that and will keep you updated."
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