Storm Darragh is continuing to wreak havoc across the Island this evening (Saturday) with more than 800 properties in Godshill, Sandford, Whiteley Bank and Upper Hyde currently without power.
It’s been a day of strong winds and heavy rain here on the Isle of Wight with disruption not only being caused to the Island’s utility network, but also the transport network and cross-Solent travel services.
Residents first reported the outage at around 20:10. It is believed that a total of 60 postcodes, and more than 800 properties have been plunged into darkness.
At this time Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) have not yet dispatched an engineer to the location.
Affected postcode areas
The following postcodes have been affected by this outage:
The following postcodes have been affected by this outage:
PO38
PO36 0LU
PO37 6FL
PO37 6LZ
PO37 6NB
PO37 6QH
PO37 6QJ
PO37 6QL
PO37 6QN
PO37 6QW
PO37 7NW
PO37 7PR
PO37 7PS
PO37 7PW
PO37 7QB
PO38 1BA
PO38 3AA
PO38 3AB
PO38 3AD
PO38 3AE
PO38 3AF
PO38 3AG
PO38 3AH
PO38 3AJ
PO38 3AL
PO38 3AN
PO38 3AP
PO38 3AR
PO38 3AS
PO38 3AT
PO38 3AW
PO38 3DN
PO38 3DR
PO38 3EL
PO38 3ET
PO38 3EU
PO38 3EX
PO38 3HB
PO38 3HD
PO38 3HH
PO38 3HJ
PO38 3HL
PO38 3HN
PO38 3HP
PO38 3HR
PO38 3HS
PO38 3HT
PO38 3HU
PO38 3HW
PO38 3HX
PO38 3HY
PO38 3HZ
PO38 3JG
PO38 3JH
PO38 3JJ
PO38 3JL
PO38 3LJ
PO38 3LL
PO38 3PP
PO38 3PR
UPDATE @ 21:30 – Power has been restored.
That’s one way to save on your energy bills,
bet the energy companies will soon get it
working again.