It's been seven days since a Colorado Low first barrelled into Manitoba making its presence felt. Now, over 700 utility workers are on the ground, and in the air in bucket trucks, working to get the lights back on.

Crews from Saskatchewan, Minnesota, and Ontario have arrived in the province to give assistance.

Manitoba Hydro says they spent Wednesday, October 16, focussing on rebuilding their distribution network in Portage la Prairie, the Interlake, and Dauphin areas. Crews in Winnipeg were able to go house to house in Winnipeg restoring power to those who were still without.

As of 5:30 a.m. Thursday, there are still over 3,500 broken poles throughout the above areas and 99 towers down.

In an update online Thursday morning Hydro reiterated just how devastating the damage is.

"The damage caused by the storm is unprecedented for Manitoba Hydro. In some cases, extremely tough conditions and the sheer extent of the damage means we will be unable to restore power for up to 10 days. We are working around the clock to mobilize people, supplies and resources to restore power to everyone affected."

There are still 6,022 without power in Manitoba as of 5:30 a.m. Thursday.