Fallen powerlines in Southport have left more than 1800 local residents without power today.
The outage creating a deadly hazard along the Gold Coast highway dozens of traffic lights went out just after 10am,
While hundreds of diners were left hungry after several businesses were forced to close.
“4 to 5 thousand we were going to loose today.”
“We had people coming from Brisbane and Burleigh, so we had to cancel all them so it’s been a bit of a nightmare of a day.”
Energex says it hopes to have the power restored later tonight.
