Hundreds hit by Edderton power cut as SSEN network slammed by Storm Éowyn

OVER 200 people in Easter Ross have been left without power in the wake of Storm Éowyn.

Scottish Southern and Electricity Networks says that the outage in the Edderton area was logged just before 6pm this evening.

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It is affecting people living in the IV19 postcode area and is logged as “an unplanned outage”.

SSEN says the storm has caused damage to its network with extreme winds, trees and debris all having an impact.

It has estimated a restoration time of 10pm and say that because of the extreme weather, it can be unsafe for engineers to assess damage or attempt repairs in some areas.

It says it will instead attempt to move the network around remotely to restore power to as many people as possible.

It’s advice to customers is: “The moment it’s safe to do so our engineers will be on the ground fixing the problem.”

Postcodes affected by the current outage are:

IV19 1JU

IV19 1JX

IV19 1JY

IV19 1JZ

IV19 1LA

IV19 1LB

IV19 1LD

IV19 1LE

IV19 1LF

IV19 1LG

IV19 1LH

IV19 1LJ

IV19 1LN

IV19 1LQ

IV19 1NL

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