Homes and businesses in Southport are reporting power outages.
Scottish Power has confirmed unplanned power cuts in PR8 and PR9 postcodes around Meols Cop.
Postcodes affected according to Scottish Power are: PR81AA, PR86AB, PR86AD, PR86AF, PR86AG, PR86AN, PR86AP, PR86AQ, PR86AS, PR86AT, PR86AU, PR86AW, PR86AX, PR86AY, PR86AZ, PR86BA, PR86BB, PR86BD, PR86BE, PR86BG, PR86BQ, PR86DG, PR86HA, PR86HE, PR86HF, PR90SH, PR90SJ, PR97DT, PR97EE, PR99AB, PR99AD, PR99AE, PR99AF, PR99AG, PR99AH, PR99AJ, PR99AN, PR99AP, PR99AQ, PR99AW, PR99BZ, PR99DA, PR99DU, PR99DY, PR99DZ, PR99EB
The cause of the outage is unknown.
Scottish Power says services should be restored at approximately 5 pm.