A man in an orange high-visibility overalls walks towards a large tree which is blocking a country lane
More than 3,000 properties remain without power in the aftermath of Storm Darragh over the weekend.
In its latest update on Tuesday morning, National Grid said 3,332 properties in Devon and 626 in Cornwall were still cut off.
Darragh was the fourth named storm of the season, following Storm Ashley, Storm Bert and Storm Conall, with winds gusting to up to 96mph (155km/h).
National Grid said fallen trees due to the storm's strong winds were the main cause of ongoing supply issues.
'Biggest storm'
It added the trees were "causing difficulties accessing sites as well as damage to the network."
Field operations director Roisin Quinn said: "Storm Darragh is the biggest storm our region has faced in decades.
"Our engineers, control rooms, contact centre and support teams have been working around the clock to maintain power across the network.
"We continue to see extremely high volumes of calls to our contact centre and I'm afraid it is taking a little longer for customers to get through.
"I want to thank customers for their patience and understanding and assure you all that we are doing everything we can to get power restored across the region as soon as possible."
Winds were reported as gusting quite widely over 70mph (112km/h), even inland.
The record for the South West is still 118mph (189km/h) at Gwennap Head in Cornwall on 15 December 1979.
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