Map shows where Storm Darragh has caused power cuts across the UK

Storm Darragh has left tens of thousands of people in the dark across the UK.

Gusts of more than 90mph have brought down trees and electric cables in the areas of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea in the last 24 hours, while a number of events and football games have been cancelled across the country.

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A live map shared by the National Grid shows where all the outages have been reported.

As of 4pm this afternoon, the Energy Networks Association confirmed that around 177,000 homes in England, Scotland and Wales were without power.

A spokesperson said around 768,000 customers have been reconnected on Saturday, with more than 1,000 engineers ready to be deployed.

It said the majority of these were dotted around south Wales.

The National Grid said: ‘Our teams are working extremely hard to restore power supplies and support customers as heavy wind and rain affects parts of our electricity network.’

A note on Northern Ireland Electricity Network’s website said the authority was unable to provide estimated restoration times.

‘Due to the number of faults we are currently experiencing on the network, we are unable to provide an estimated restoration time for your electricity supply at this time,’ it read.

‘We are working to restore supplies as quickly and safely as possible.’

Meanwhile, almost 400,000 customers were left without power in Ireland as parts of the country also came under the red weather warning.

ESB Networks said as of 7am, approximately 395,000 homes, farms and businesses were without power as a result of the storm.

That number had dropped to 325,000 customers by 11.30am but full restoration is expected to take several days.

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