UPDATE: Power has been restored to all 1500 customers.

Previously:

Hundreds of North End residents are waking up in the dark Friday morning.

A large power outage is affecting well over 1500 customers in the area.

The outage is also impacting traffic in the area, knocking out traffic signals at several busy intersections along McGregor Street including Burrows Avenue, Selkirk Avenue and Redwood Avenue.

There is no word from Hydro as to what caused the outage at this time.

Manitoba Hydro expects power to be restored by 10 a.m.