MORE than 320,000 homes were without power yesterday as Storm Doris hit the West of England.

Western Power Distribution said that more than 323,000 customers had had their power restored in the last 24 hours, including a number of homes across Somerset.

A spokesman for WPD said: "155,000 customers experienced a short interruption to their supply and were restored remotely via our Control Room.

"The remaining 168,000 customers were restored after our staff worked tirelessly throughout the night to reconnect supply, in very challenging conditions.

"The current situation within WPD is that the South West, South Wales and East Midlands have now returned to business as usual levels."


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