By Jessica Anstice
Thousands of properties across Cardinia are without power as a result of a severe thunderstorm on Monday 20 January.
The AusNet Services outage tracker shows Kooweerup was hit the hardest, with 1621 properties affected at 2.30pm.
Other suburbs affected include: Bayles, Caldermeade, Monomeith, Catani, Ripplebrook, Kooweerup North, Nyora, Lang Lang East, Tooradin, Cardinia and Heath Hill.
