The adverse weather conditions caused blackouts of electricity transmission lines in 1,152 settlements in twelve regions of Ukraine on Wednesday night.
According to Ukraine’s Emergencies Ministry press secretary Ihor
Krol, as a result of heavy rains and strong gusts 613 settlements in
Lviv region, 242 settlements in Ivano-Frankivsk region, 166 settlements
in Rivne region, 58 settlements Volyn region, 24 settlements in
Zakarpattia region, 16 settlements in Odesa region, eight settlements
in Kyiv regions, seven settlements in Khmelnytsky region, six
settlements in Chernivtsi region, five settlements in Zhytomyr region
and three settlements in Vinnytsia region have been left without
electricity.
Regional electricity supply companies’ brigades are working to restore electricity supply in the regions.
