33,000 Victorian Homes Still Without Power Days After Catastrophic Storm

Published on February 16, 2024

Around 33,000 homes in Victoria are still without power three days after a severe storm swept through the state and wreaked havoc on its path. Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan has disclosed the latest figure as her government concentrates efforts on dealing with the aftermath of a series of natural disasters hitting the state earlier this week. On Feb. 13, a catastrophic thunderstorm destroyed hundreds of power poles and lines, as well as six transmission towers near Anakie, causing all four units at the Loy Yang A power station and several wind farms to go offline. As a result, up to 530,000 homes were disconnected from the power grid, marking one of the worst outage events in Victoria’s history....

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