Flooding and fallen trees in North Yorkshire after Storm Darragh

Hundreds of homes were still without power on Sunday evening, according to Northern Powergrid.

A statement on its website said it was working hard to restore power to all customers impacted by the storm.

It said: “We are aiming to give our best view and timings for getting people back on today, but there is a possibility that some of those repairs will run later into the night.

“For those customers where we estimate your power will be back on at 22:00 on Monday 9th December, we are aiming to have power restored before then, however, we will update when have a more accurate time and will contact customers directly.”

In Marton, an elderly couple were rescued by firefighters after driving into floodwater and in Danby a crew retrieved a driver whose car had broken down leaving them stranded between two expanses of water.

North Yorkshire Police urged drivers not to attempt to drive through floodwater and warned there were fallen trees and debris obstructing roads across the region.

Police said they had received 160 reports of highway disruption and flooding and were dealing with about 15 to 20 reports of fallen trees and blocked roads.

In Scarborough, high winds caused property damage with fire crews called to a tree that had fallen on a bungalow – no one was harmed.

The power cuts have mainly affected the North York Moors National Park, where the village of Hutton-le-Hole was reported to be without electricity.

The owners of restaurant Homestead Kitchen in Goathland posted on social media that they had been without both power and a water supply and that the issue was affecting the “entire village”.

Firefighters attended two instances of the gable ends of houses collapsing in Leyburn and Newby.