Are you still in the dark?
Around 55,000 properties in the Sydney and Central Coast areas are still without power after severe thunderstorms battered the east coast.
Torrential rain, flooding, and golf-ball sized hail stones savaged the area across the weekend causing fallen trees and broken powerlines.
Sydney’s north and the south of the Central Coast were the hardest hit along with Parramatta and Campbelltown.
According to Endeavour Energy and Ausgrid, it might be a few hours or possibly even days before power is completely restored with over 850 electrical issues needing to be repaired before supply can be restored to homes and businesses.
“This was a devastating storm that caused extensive damage to the electricity network,” Endeavour Energy spokesman Peter Payne said on Sunday in a statement.
“Many of our customers in the worst affected areas would not have seen damage like this for years.”
Ausgrid’s Jonathan Hall said the repairs could take a while.
“Unfortunately, it’s taking time because that does involve in some places putting in new power poles and new power lines and unfortunately that type of repair takes some time,” he told ABC.
The weather is expected to calm over this week.
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Written by Kate Stevens
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