HUNDREDS of further homes have lost power as the North East is battered by severe conditions from Storm Barra.

Dozens of postcodes across County Durham, Teesside and North Yorkshire were plunged into darkness this afternoon.

It follows on from the Northern Powergrid last night restoring power to almost all affected by the impact from Storm Arwen.

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According to the map, a number of postcode areas lost power this morning, but dozens of further areas lost power at around 2.58pm.

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Areas including DH9, DH6, TS9 and TS16 were among those where power went off this afternoon, with some seeing as many as 630 homes affected.

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It is not known if those currently suffering an outage were previously affected, but it is understood power could be restored by this evening.

We've looked at the data from the Northern Powergrid to bring you a list of areas affected from today - and when power could be back on.

Last night, Northern Powergrid said that it had reduced the number of affected customers to 700 homes and businesses.

It said that the company was ready to respond if Storm Barra affects its network.

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In a statement, it said: "Northern Powergrid is continuing its major restoration efforts after Storm Arwen devasted part of its electricity network, particularly in Northumberland and County Durham. 

"The electricity network operator is also tracking the weather closely and has taken action to ensure its teams are ready should Storm Barra affect its network and disrupt customers.

"With a Met Office yellow weather warning across the whole of the UK for tomorrow (7 December), Northern Powergrid’s teams have remained focused on completing as much restoration work as possible today for those customers still affected by Storm Arwen.

"Working in ongoing challenging conditions, its teams have now restored power to around 239,300 of the 240,000 customers affected by Storm Arwen."

To view the Northern Powergrid map for yourself click here

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