Northpower Storm update #1

29 October, 2014

Northpower advises that lightning has caused multiple minor outages on its electricity network in Kaipara and Whangarei Districts this morning.

Around 1000 customers are believed to be without power but that figure is changing constantly as fuses are put back in and potential damage to transformers is assessed.

However, for safety reasons, no line repair work will be undertaken until the lightning storm has passed.

While Whangarei has had small outages, lightning has affected more people from south of the city to Kaiwaka.

At Tinopai, 409 customers were without power earlier this morning although 100 have now been restored.

460 customers were affected around Aranga and Donnellys Crossing. Multiple lines crews are working in the worst impacted areas to assess and repair damage.

ENDS

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