Wild weather has caused widespread power outages across Wyndham today, including at Werribee’s St Vincent’s Private Hospital.
St Vincent’s lost power for about an hour in the late morning, forcing the hospital to rely on back-up generators until the connection was restored.
There was no disruption to hospital services or patient care during the outage.
St Vincent’s Werribee was among 59 customers in the Wyndham to lose power due to strong winds that swept across Melbourne on Friday September 8.
The electricity distributor for Melbourne’s west, Powercorp, said they were working to clear power lines brought down in the Wyndham area and re-connect customers without power as soon as possible.
“Our crews are working to restore power but it’s possible that some customers will be without power into the afternoon,” said a Powercorp spokesperson.
“Powercorp and CitiPower crews have restored power to more than 54,000 throughout the course of the day.”
Customers are asked to avoid fallen powerlines, always treat them as live and report any fallen lines on 13 24 12.
For updated restoration times and other information, visit the Powercorp website: www.powercor.com.au/
