South Lakeland residents without power face more days in the cold thanks to Storm Arwen

One man from Lancaster was killed by a falling tree in Ambleside on November 26 - with many paying tribute.

INCIDENT: Police tape at scene of where man died on Friday

The Christmas lights switch on in Kendal was delayed as the tree was shifted in its anchor hole and damage was done to the town centre and thousands were left without power for days - some are still waiting.

As of yesterday 6000, homes in Cumbria were still waiting for power to return. Some places on the Cartmel peninsula and the outskirts of Windermere have even been told they could be waiting until December 8 to be reconnected.

South Lakes MP Tim Farron has been lobbying with Electricity North West who has been dispatching engineers across the county to restore connections to homes.

Speaking in Parliament yesterday day, Mr Farron said: “At least 7,000 homes in my constituency have been without power for between three and five nights.

“I am immensely proud of how the way that people in our community have stood up to support their neighbours – they know who they are.

MP: Tim Farron has urged the government to act on the crisis

“I am also grateful to those working on the ground for Electricity North West to fix this problem as soon as possible.

“Thousands are still without power in my communities and elsewhere in Cumbria and they feel forgotten.

“The hardship caused – particularly to the elderly and others who are vulnerable – is unthinkable which is why it’s massively disappointing that it has took until Wednesday for a Minister to come to this House to address this issue."

One example of a community working together is in Coniston where Crake Valley Holiday Park saw a huge power outage when they were full of guests and trees were blocking roads - locals got together to tackle the issue themselves and managed to clear the roads and help each other out by using each other's connections to make calls as well as warm up with showers.

ISSUE: Fallen tree blocking the road

Areas of local welfare and respite centres were installed by the county council in Ambleside, Coniston and Dalton as well as food and hot drink vans in many towns across the county where people have been left without power.

Electricity North West announced yesterday that they secured emergency accommodation in Ulverston for up to 300 customers currently affected by Storm Arwen.

Stephanie Trubshaw, Electricity North West’s customer director and incident manager said: “The devastation caused to our power network by Storm Arwen has been unlike anything we’ve ever seen, and we’re continuing to discover more damage needing repairs.

WORK: Additional resources have been deployed across Cumbria as engineers tackle the ‘devastating’ Storm Arwen damage

“Our people, including hundreds of additional engineers we’ve sourced from across the country, are working flat out to restore power to as many people as quickly as possible, and that work is continuing.

“I understand the frustrations of customers about the restoration times, and we have teams working around the clock providing us with information to ensure those times are as accurate as possible."

The public are reminded to contact www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it or call 101 if they have concerns about their own safety and well-being, or the safety and well-being of someone they know. If there is an immediate risk to life people should call 999.

STORM: Fallen trees at Crake Valley Holiday Park

DAMAGE: Fallen trees at Crake Valley Holiday Park