EARLIER: More than 2000 houses in Mooroopna are without power on Wednesday, October 22, while about 200 Shepparton homes are also in the dark.
Powercor said 2195 customers lost power in Mooroopna in the afternoon, with the origin in the Echuca Rd area.
The outage was caused by a tree on a powerline.
According to Powercor’s live outage website, power is not expected to be restored until midnight.
As part of the outage, power is out to the traffic lights at the intersection of McLennan St and Echuca Rd.
In Shepparton, 100 homes are without power after an outage that originated in the Skene St area, while another 99 homes are powerless in the Macintosh St area .
Powercor estimates power to be out in both spots until 12.30am.
Mooroopna and Shepparton are not the only towns in the region to have lost power.
One hundred and forty residents are also without electricity in Kyabram, and are forecast to remain so until 8pm.
Twenty residents in Girgarre are also without power.
Their power is forecast to be back on at 10.30pm.
In Echuca, 1029 homes and businesses are without power, with an estimated return time of 7pm.