Power still off as cold set to hit
More than 3,000 people across the West Midlands are still without power today despite engineers working through the night to repair damage caused by storms.More than 3,000 people across the West Midlands are still without power today despite engineers working through the night to repair damage caused by storms. And experts predicted snow could be on the way tomorrow (Sunday) as a spell of cold weather comes in. Temperatures are set to plummet as low as 3C (37F) over the next three days and there could be snow showers on higher ground, hailstorms and thunder. The cold snap follows the worst storms for 17 years on Thursday, which left 17 people dead across Britain. Read the full story in the Express & Star
And experts predicted snow could be on the way tomorrow as a spell of cold weather comes in.
Temperatures are set to plummet as low as 3C (37F) over the next three days and there could be snow showers on higher ground, hailstorms and thunder.
The cold snap follows the worst storms for 17 years on Thursday, which left 17 people dead across Britain.Engineers from Central Networks were brought in from other parts of the country. Despite working all night 1,200 homes in Staffordshire, 200 in the Black Country and 250 in Shropshire still had no electricity today.
Central Networks has called in engineers from Western Power Distribution (which covers the South West and South Wales) to help.
Paul Hodgetts has been without power at his house in Swindon, near Wombourne, since Thursday morning. He said: "I have been ringing the emergency number but you can't get to talk to anybody."
Express & Star weatherman John Warner said: "It's turning colder and still windy."
