The response of power companies including Northern Powergrid to Storm Arwen has been branded as "unacceptable" in a highly critical Government report.
A 34-page interim report published by the Department for Business on Thursday stated that Northumberland was among the worst hit regions in the country by November's storm.
Despite stating that "lessons must be learnt and improvements made," it was also acknowledged that Storm Arwen was "the worst storm in 10 years in terms of the combination of wind speed, direction, speed and temperature".
