Helicopter spotted hovering over Preston Marina checking power lines following storm damage
Hundreds of homes were left in the dark for two days.
A helicopter was spotted this morning at Preston Marina checking the power lines after hundreds of homes across Lancashire were left without electricity due to the recent storms.
Storm Austen blew in last Friday to parts of Lancashire and brought with it numerous weather warnings.
No sooner had it left, a second storm - Storm Obelo, was announced for the weekend, causing power cuts and travel disruption.
Train services between Blackpool North and Manchester Airport were disrupted on Monday following damage to overhead electric wires between Preston and Bolton.
Northern Rail confirmed that all lines between Preston and Bolton had closed, meaning services on the route were cancelled or revised.
Electricity North West teams were also up against it and also worked around the clock to deal with the aftermath.
They showed some pictures of what they were called out to deal with on site to get power back on as hundreds of homes across Lancashire went without power.
They said at the time: A spokesperson for the team said at the weekend: “We're responding to Storm Boelo but strong winds mean it's currently unsafe for our teams to climb and repair overhead lines.
“We have set the expected restoration time to 6pm on Tuesday (27 Oct). This is following customer feedback on wanting to know the 'worst case scenario'.
“As soon as the wind drops enough to allow engineers to climb, they will be repairing the network as quickly and safely as possible and restoration times will be updated.
“We're focusing on remotely switching affected supplies to other parts of the network to restore as many properties as we can until it is safe for our teams to climb and make physical repairs.
“Thank you for your patience and understanding.”
Flood Alerts were also issued across Lancashire by the Environment Agency earlier this week due to high tides which could therefore lead to flooding.