High Wycombe has been struck by a power cut this afternoon as a part of the aftermath from Storm Eunice.

The power outage took place at around 1pm in parts of central High Wycombe and the villages to the east of the town, including Loudwater, Penn, and parts of Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green.

HP10 and HP11 postcodes are all affected. Energy provider SSE has apologised for the outage and listed Storm Eunice as the potential reason for the drop in power.

Bucks Free Press: Traffic lights have stopped working as a result of the power lossTraffic lights have stopped working as a result of the power loss

SSE has said that it does not expect power to be restored until 11pm on Tuesday evening (February 22).

Bucks Free Press: SSE engineers are working in the areaSSE engineers are working in the area

The power cut was first reported at around 1pm on Monday afternoon. 

In a statement on its website, SSE said: “We’re very sorry for the power cut. As you may have seen in the media, Storm Eunice delivered some of the most adverse conditions we’ve seen in many years, with wind speeds in our region hitting record levels The worst of the weather has passed and it’s now safe for our teams to begin work on repairing and altering our network to get your power back on.

Bucks Free Press: Shops and businesses in the area have been forced to closeShops and businesses in the area have been forced to close

“Our teams will be working day and night to try and get as many power supplies restored as possible, however, depending on the severity of the damage, this may take longer.

“We will do all we can to restore your power throughout the day, but some of these repairs are very complex and require significant effort to restore.”

The affected postcodes: 

HP10 0FN

HP10 9FT

HP10 9PN

HP10 9QA

HP10 9QJ

HP10 9QL

HP10 9QN

HP10 9QP

HP10 9QS

HP10 9QZ

HP10 9RA

HP10 9RB

HP10 9RG

HP10 9RH

HP10 9RJ

HP10 9RL

HP10 9RN

HP10 9RP

HP10 9RR

HP10 9RS

HP10 9RW

HP10 9SX

HP10 9SY

HP10 9TF

HP10 9TH

HP10 9TJ

HP10 9TL

HP10 9TN

HP10 9TP

HP10 9TQ

HP10 9TR

HP10 9TS

HP10 9TT

HP10 9TU

HP10 9TW

HP10 9TX

HP10 9TY

HP10 9TZ

HP10 9UB

HP10 9UD

HP10 9UJ

HP10 9UL

HP10 9UN

HP10 9UP

HP10 9UR

HP10 9UU

HP10 9UW

HP10 9UX

HP10 9UY

HP10 9XA

HP10 9XB

HP10 9XD

HP10 9XE

HP10 9XF

HP10 9YH

HP11 1AJ

HP11 1AL

HP11 1AW

HP11 1GE

HP11 1GF

HP11 1GS

HP11 1HF

HP11 1HG

HP11 1HS

HP11 1HY

HP11 1HZ

HP11 1JA

HP11 1JB

HP11 1JG

HP11 1JJ

HP11 1JL

HP11 1JN

HP11 1JP

HP11 1JQ

HP11 1JR

HP11 1JS

HP11 1JT

HP11 1JW

HP11 1LD

HP11 1LS

HP11 1UZ

HP11 1XA

HP11 1XE

HP11 1XF

HP13 7WX