Storm Eunice causes power cuts in Midhurst, Petworth and Chichester

Midhurst and Petworth are the latest to be affected by Storm Eunice SUS-220218-124939001

Power cuts have been reported in the Chichester district.

At 12.07pm today (Friday, February 18) Scottish and South Electricity Networks (SSEN) were logged a power cut for postcodes RH20 and GU28 near Petworth.

An hour and a half earlier at 10.44am power cuts were also reported at the village of Rogate.

The network announced this morning that they had have moved over 400 additional engineers, including teams from Scotland, to the areas we expect to badly hit by Storm Eunice.

SSEN also announced that they would be currently unable to fix the problem or send any engineers out until the wind has died down, this is for their own safety. The power in both places is expected to be restored at 8pm.

Power cuts have also been reported in West Ashling, with the network aiming to restore power by 8.30pm.

Haselmere, Liphook and Highleigh near Selsey have also reportedly had power cuts with 11pm the time SSEN hope to get the power back on.

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