„The storm lasted about 13 hours and caused huge damage to the network. Currently, there are about 219 thousand customers across Lithuania without electricity,“ Rasa Juodkienė, ESO public relations representative, commented to LRT radio.
According to her, the most affected are the Utena, Panevėžys, and Vilnius regions.
„The number of disruptions, the number of repair points where work needs to be done, is exceptionally high. It far exceeded the number of damages from the previous storm – reaching 3000. The most affected regions are Utena – here about 54 thousand customers are without electricity, Panevėžys region about 33 thousand, Vilnius district and surroundings about 30 thousand, also Alytus region 18 thousand, Šiauliai region 14 thousand, and this time the storm caused the least damage and impact to our customers in the Klaipėda region, where about 13 thousand customers are without electricity,“ R. Juodkienė told LRT radio.
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According to her, ESO could only perform some of the work after the strong and gusty wind calmed down. „Only after it calmed down, around 10 p.m., people who until then could not, moved to their workplaces. Some worked all day, also until late at night,“ the representative commented.
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