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Western power warns farmers to stay clear of powerlines felled by Cyclone Seroja
Farmers in parts of West Australia’s Mid West are struggling to seed paddocks strewn with powerlines felled by Cyclone Seroja.
Key points:
- Western Power is asking farmers to communicate with it if they plan to seed around fallen infrastructure
- The company says the powerlines lying across Mid West paddocks must be treated as if they are live
- An eight-metre gap must be left between powerlines and farm machinery
Ferocious winds tore a 150-kilometre-wide, 700km-long path from Kalbarri to Merredin, damaging at least 130 transmission poles, four substations and 80 feeder poles.
Two weeks after the storm approximately 3,000 homes remain without power.
Grain farmers throughout the region are working to capitalise on the sole benefit of the storm…
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