THE power is back on and tree debris is being removed after Storm Ashley battered south Cumbria. 

There were still four flood warnings and three flood alerts in place in south Cumbria on Monday but it appears that most were unscathed after the first named storm of the season rolled through on Sunday.

Strong waves batter the coastline in FurnessStrong waves batter the coastline in Furness (Image: Lori Robinson) Westmorland and Furness Council announced that its out of hours duty crews attended 12 calls of trees of structures down with Cumbria Police which resulted in a few road closures across the area. 

Most notably this included Nelson Street in Barrow due to a chimney falling from the roof, a diesel spill on the A66 and a fallen tree on the A684. 

More than 20,000 properties across Cumbria lost power during Storm Ashley. Electricity North West said high winds late into the evening caused branches and trees to hit overhead lines causing multiple issues on the network. 

The lifeboat crew respond to the call of a kitesurfer in the waterThe lifeboat crew responds to the call of a kitesurfer in the water (Image: Barrow Lifeboat) Richard Moulton, incident manager for the electricity provider, said: "We’re pleased to have restored 20,000 properties so far, including around 10,000 thanks to our investment in automatic systems - meaning half of customers were only without power for a matter of minutes."

It was a busy day for the Barrow RNLI after they received a report that a kitesurfer had got into difficulty near Foulney Island at 2.15pm. 

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The lifeboat located the casualty who had been separated from his board and managed to cling on to a mooring buoy on the east side of Roa Island. 

The conditions were described as 'challenging' for the crew. Along with the gale force winds, the call came just after high tide. The man was handed safely to the Furness Coastguard team waiting at the Foulney Island car park. 

No Windermere ferries ran on Sunday due to the weather and lake conditions. 

There were two cancellations to the service running between Barrow and Manchester Airport, and seven between Windermere and Oxenholme.