STORM LEAVES 256 RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY IN UKRAINE

23.08.2004 [16:59]
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A storm that raged in Ukraine’s seven western and central regions on Sunday, August 22 left 256 residential localities without power supplies.

The high winds that blew at 25 meters a second activated the automated systems of protection of the power transmission lines. As a result, the Vinnitsy region was the worst hit, as 173 residential areas were left without electricity supply there.

Thirty-one residential localities were cut off from the power transmission lines in the Lvov region, twenty-two in the Kiev region, fourteen in the Zhitomer region, eleven in the Ternopol region, three in the Trans-Carpathian region and two in the Volyn region.

All electric train traffic ground to a stop on the Kozyatin-Berdichev railway line because the heavy rains and squalls of wind broke the power transmission lines and four pylons on that railway stretch.

The traffic resumed by midnight on August 22 with the help of diesel-fuelled locomotives of Ukzaliznitsy Company.

As a result of the outrage of the elements, trees broken by a thunderstorm blocked a number of roads. Fortunately, no victims happened. Cold weather has set in after many days of heat. Weather forecasters say heavy rains and high winds are in the offing for a few days to come.

STORM LEAVES 256 RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY IN UKRAINE

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