During the night Finnish been racked by winter storm has cut power to several tens of households across the country. Snowfall and wind together can weigh trees easily with the electric lines on the site. The archive image. Timo Gust
Wild readings, reaching winter storm intensifies today’s land-areas. Finland have been racked by winter storm has cut power to at worst nearly 90 000 households from across the country.
energy industry power failure according to the map, clock 10:50 without power had a total of approximately 70 000 households. The situation varies very quickly. Electrical noise map according to the power cuts have put particular focus on the country’s western, central and eastern parts of the country.
the Situation is difficult, for example, in Southern and Eastern Savo, where a Lake-the Finnish Energy has declared its territory a major disturbance situation.
major disturbance mode, i.e. the red standby mode means that we start the cooperation with different authorities such as emergency rescue. We keep the crisis communication team meeting in the morning and it creates a snapshot of the winter storm causing disruption, says chief operating officer Mika Gruel the Finnish Lake Energy.
power outages caused snowfall and a great storm of wind, which is fallen down trees, electric lines. Gruel describes the poison caused by the situation bad.
– eilisyön since the snowfall has intensified and gathered tree branches for snow. This storm combined with does a lot of damage to power lines. In the early morning without power by customers was up about 20 000. Little by little we have been reduced without power by the number of customers, Gruel said.
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Lake-the Finnish Energy area, the worst situation is around 5500 inhabitants Kangasniemi municipality, which without power by customers was up to about 2500.
– the fabric of the cape, the situation is taken into account. There is a forestry machinery and lumberjacks, Gruel mentioned.
the electric company to use all the resources of the electricity restoration.
in Total, we have almost one hundred the installer to work. In addition, we have two helicopters in store, but today they do not have any thing to rise into the air. They leave to patrol the worst areas in the morning, Gruel said.
the Hutu, part of without power to customers may have to wait until electricity until Thursday.
– Now should be prepared for this day for stops. Also yesterday day is without power by customers. We try to prioritize repairs for the longest time the electricity susceptible to. It seems that the repair works continue long until tomorrow, Gruel estimates.
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North – and South-Savo, the Savo Power in the area was early in the morning over 2000 customers without power for half eight at the time.
without power is around 2500 customers and the worst situation is Joroisissa. Customers get prepared for hours of lasting power outage. The storm is still on, but according to the forecast of snow recede and the wind subsides during the afternoon, told reporters early in the morning to the business director of the Matti Ryhänen Savo Power Network Ltd.
Ryhäsen, the company has reserved a helicopter to inspect electrical lines.
the Storm, the helicopter has not yet been released into the air. High winds and snowfall make it difficult, in turn, installers of the movement of the terrain. Small roads can be snow 30-40 cents, Ryhänen said in the morning.
power outages caused snowfall and hard wind, which is fallen down trees, electric lines. Energy industry to remind, that the trees of self clearing is strictly forbidden, because there is a risk of lethal electric shock.
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