Over 400 homes in Swindon have been left without power, as engineers battle through an ongoing storm and backlog.
The power cut, which hit Lower Stratton in Swindon on Friday, November 14, has left a total of 421 residents across 18 postcodes without electricity.
It comes as Storm Claudia continues to batter the county, causing travel disruption, power cuts and flooding.
The power cut was reported to Scottish and Southern Engineers at shortly before 12.30pm on Friday afternoon, and homes, schools, churches and businesses are understood to have been affected.
These include Grange Junior School, Church of St Margaret, Grange Leisure Centre, Stratton Green Baptist Church, Sleemans Pool and Spa Centre, Londis, The New Inn and more.
Engineers estimate that power will be restored at around 5pm on Friday evening, but have already admitted to an increased workload earlier today.
It comes after residents in the nearby town of Marlborough, which has also been struck by a power cut, have been told they could wait up to nine hours for the outage to be fixed due to the power outage response team being "busier than usual."
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Scottish and Southern Electricity has confirmed the Swindon power cut is being caused by a fault on the underground network, and is not believed to be connected to the issues in Marlborough.
A spokesperson for Scottish and Southern said: "In most cases, engineers are able to get power back on simply by replacing a fuse at the local substation.
"However, if the fault is severe, this may take us longer to fix."
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