Power Outages Affect Homes in Midwest and Wheatbelt
Power outages affecting the Midwest and Wheatbelt have left over 50 homes without electricity for more than five days, with restoration efforts continuing.
At least 50 homes across the Midwest and Wheatbelt remain without power more than five days after outages began.
The outages started late on Friday night when light rain caused a mix of infrastructure damage due to pole top fires, drop-out fuse trips, and bushfires.
At the peak of the outages, 38,000 properties were left without power across both metropolitan and regional areas.
While the majority were restored over the weekend, 4,000 homes were still without power on Monday morning, with 95 remaining without power on Wednesday.
The Western Power website indicates that power is expected to be restored this evening for homes in several suburbs of the Midwest and Wheatbelt.
A Western Power spokesperson stated that work was ongoing to restore power to all properties.
"Western Power crews have responded and made safe nearly 500 hazards, and restored power to most of the 38,000 homes and businesses affected by Friday and Saturday's weather-related outages including those remaining in the metro area," they said.
"Repair and restoration have been impacted by the volume of incidents, long distances needed to travel across the network, weather, specialised equipment (including cranes) and complex work required in some areas."
