Due to damage from recent flooding, SaskPower will be turning off the lights in some area communities on Thursday.

An outage is scheduled from 1:00 to 5:00pm in the town of Meacham, as well as rurals east and west of Meacham, north of Bruno, south of Prud'homme, and those surrounding Dana and Peterson.

SaskPower says that the power needs to go off during repairs to ensure a safe working environment.