A gale last night has brought down powerlines over the Golden Road between Grosebay and Scadabay in the Bays of Harris.
The road is closed on Sunday morning as hyrdo workers deal with the incident.
Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution engineers worked through the night to restore power to more customers.
However, lightning strikes in overnight thunderstorms created more damage to the local grid.
Some 2,726 properties in the Western Isles are without electricity this morning.
Yesterday atrocious weather conditions – driving snow, sleet, heavy winds, lightning and ice – hampered efforts by engineers to access the network for repairs.
If the weather holds today, especially lightning, then the remaining customers’ electricity supply should resume by midnight tonight.
Lightning strikes cause more powercuts
11 January 2015