Apenisa Waqairadovu 
The power outage on Viti Levu today was caused by lighting activity.
Energy Fiji Limited clarified that lighting activity affected the 132,000-volt transmission line, disrupting electricity supply from the Wailoa Power
Station, which resulted in the unplanned outage.
It says their teams are actively and carefully working to restore power in a safe and systematic manner while addressing the fault to ensure full supply recovery.
As of 3:35 pm today, EFL has successfully restored 80 percent of the power supply in the Central Division and 20 percent in the Western Division
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It says that given the current weather conditions, full restoration may take approximately two to three hours or longer.
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