Two thousand two hundred homes in the Northern Ireland Electricity’s Campsie district (including Limavady and Dungiven) suffered power cuts during the recent severe weather, according to official figures issued by NIE.
Around 34,000 NIE customers across the North were left without electricity as a result of damage caused by severe winds which reached their peak on Thursday morning last 5 December.
Julia Carson, communications manager at Northern Ireland Electricity, said NIE worked closely with the Met Office to prepare for storm which saw gusts of wind reach over 70 miles per hour.
She added: “We had teams in place early on Thursday morning and so were able to respond quickly when the storm hit. Customers across Northern Ireland were affected however communities on the East and North East suffered the most damage.”
Ms Carson concluded: “Several hundred individual faults had to be repaired and extensive tree cutting, pole replacement and line restringing had to be carried out. In many cases this work was done during the hours of darkness.”
NIE district and approximate number of customers affected
Ballyclare (including Antrim and Larne): 700
Ballymena (including Draperstown, Portglenone and Carnlough) 9,400
Bangor (including Carryduff, Killinchy and the Ards Peninsula): 5,800
Belfast (including Lisburn and Newtownabbey): 330
Campsie (including Dungiven & Limavady) 2,200
Coleraine (including Ballymoney, Kilrea, Garvagh and Ballycastle) 5,700
Craigavon (including Armagh and Newtownhamilton) 220
Downpatrick (including Newcastle and Hillsborough) 2,500
Dungannon (including Moneymore and Aughnacloy) 3,400
Enniskillen (including Belleek) 170
Newry (including Banbridge): 2,000
Omagh (including Strabane and Clogher): 1,600
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