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ELECTRIC BLUES: Lightning strike sees power out across region

Peter Bannan

MORE than 9000 homes and businesses across the Swan Hill region were left counting the cost of an hour-long power outage on Thursday night.Powercor said it lost the region’s zone substation at 7.55pm due to a burst of lightning hitting high-voltage feeder lines.In total, 9200 Powercor customers lost power — including in Swan Hill, Lake […]

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