Live: Cyclone Mangga combines with storm fronts to carve path of destruction through Western Australia
Western Power says it is working to restore supplies to about 50,000 properties from the Mid West to the Great Southern districts, including Perth.Western Power‘s Paul Entwistle told ABC Radio Perth a large pocket of properties in Kalgoorlie have been left in the dark.
“Somehow a shed from around the area has been picked up and thrown into one of our sub stations in Kalgoorlie, so that's 15,000 customers currently off the grid due to a shed wrapping itself around infrastructure inside the sub station, near Picadilly. “We’ve got a crew in there now, assessing the damage and starting to peel that away, the shed that is, and once we know exactly what sort of damage has been done, we’ll look to restore customers when it’s safe to do so,” he said.
Mr Entwistle said crews will not attempt any repair work on poles or powerlines during the storm due to unsafe conditions caused by dangerous winds. “Our network operations teams, however, will look for opportunities to isolate damaged parts of the network and backfeed power to restore customers where it is safe to do so,” he said.
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