Roy Coulter, Duty Incident Manager at Northern Ireland Electricity said, “We have restored all but a handful of customers that were affected by yesterday’s storms and all remaining customers will have power restored today. If anyone is still without electricity, please check your trip switches are on and call us on 08457 643 643 for an update.

“We worked closely with the Met Office to prepare for this event which saw gusts of over 80 miles per hour. We had teams in place early on Tuesday morning and so were able to respond quickly when the storm, hit. Customers across Northern Ireland were affected however the Ballymoney, Ballycastle, Ballyclare, Eglinton and Strabane areas suffered the most damage.

An analysis of the statistics demonstrate the damage caused by the severe winds. Over 600 individual faults had to be repaired and extensive tree cutting, pole replacement and line restringing had to be carried out. In many cases this work was done during the hours of darkness.

• Ballyclare (including Antrim & Larne) - 2,000
• Ballymena (including Draperstown, Portglenone & Carnlough) - 5,400
• Bangor (including Carryduff, Killinchy & the Ards Peninsula) - 4,700
• Belfast (including Lisburn & Newtownabbey) - 150
• Campsie (including Dungiven & Limavady) - 6,300
• Coleraine (including Ballymoney, Kilrea, Garvagh & Ballycastle) - 7,200
• Craigavon (including Armagh & Newtownhamilton) - 400
• Downpatrick (including Newcastle & Hillsborough) - 800
• Dungannon (including Moneymore & Aughnacloy) - 600
• Enniskillen (Including Belleek) - 1,800
• Omagh (including Strabane & Clougher) - 2,600

Customers who are still without power should check their trip switches are on and call us on 08457 643 643 to report a power cut.