AN unplanned power outage left close to 1000 properties without electricity for several hours on Monday night, while temperatures exceeded 40 degrees.

A fault on the local electricity network affected power supply to 958 Powercor customers in Merbein, Yelta and Merbein West just before 6pm.

A Powercor spokeswoman said the fault occurred on McEdward Street in Birdwoodton.

"Our team restored powe...