STORM Ashley left its mark on Cumbria with flood, felled trees and thousands of householders without power after 75mph winds ripped through the county. 

Electricity North West engineers have restored power to more than 20,000 properties in Cumbria since Storm Ashley hit the region on Sunday, October 20.

High winds late into the evening caused branches and trees to hit overhead lines causing multiple issues on the network.

Engineers on standby swung into action, attending multiple sites to make repairs, with just 1,000 properties still to restore.

Richard Moulton, incident manager for Electricity North West, said: “We’re pleased to have restored 20,000 properties so far, including around 10,000 thanks to our investment in automatic systems - meaning half of customers were only without power for a matter of minutes."

A fallen tree which brought down a power line in Wigton.A fallen tree which brought down a power line in Wigton. (Image: ENWL)

As well as power cuts, there were fears of flooding across some area's of the county yesterday, October 21 with eight 'flood warnings' and six 'flood alerts' placed on area's on both North and South Cumbria throughout Sunday evening into Monday morning, most alerts and warnings clearing by the early afternoon.

Cumberland council thanked their may staff who worked throughout the storms, in a statement they said: "A huge thanks to all our staff who braved the elements over the weekend and today to help keep our roads clear, deal with the effects of Storm Ashley and deliver our services."

The B5300, from Maryport to SillothThe B5300, from Maryport to Silloth (Image: Allerdale police)

The council went on to say that there teams were hoping to clear all roads affected by fallen tree's and the 'remining the debris from the B5300, Maryport to Silloth' by the end of Monday, October 21.