A POWER cut has left residents of several Hampshire villages without electricity, affecting more than 1,000 homes.

The outage occurred yesterday, November 1, in the area between Kings Worthy and Itchen Abbas.

Beginning at around 8am, the outage lasted roughly four hours before it was fixed by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), which manages the area's power.

Yesterday, SSEN posted the following on its website: "We're aware of a power cut in the area shown [on the map], affecting 1,425 homes. This unplanned fault is affecting a large area, and it's likely several streets in your area are affected by the same power cut.

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"We are getting engineers on the way to get the power back on and aim to do this by 01-NOV-2024 12:00:00."

Facebook users reported the issue had been resolved at around 12pm.

Explaining the reason for the outage, SSEN said: "The cause of this power cut is a fault in our underground network. This is the most common type of fault we see, and our teams are very experienced in dealing with these issues. In most cases, our engineers are able to get your power back on by simply replacing a fuse at the local substation. However, if the fault is severe, it may take us longer to fix."