At least 250,000 people remain without electricity, and at least another 140,000 homes are not receiving fresh drinking water, British officials said Tuesday.
Water supplies are not expected to return to full working order for at least a week and the British military is distributing 3 million bottles of water per day.
Fire and rescue workers have just started the process of inspecting the Mythe Water Pumping Station in Tewkesbury to restore water supply to 70,000 customers in Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Chief Constable Timothy Brain said Tuesday. The work is expected to take two days. 
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