Tens of thousands of people in the Baltic States and Poland lost power due to storms
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Severe storms in the Baltic States and Poland left tens of thousands of people without electricity. In Lithuania and Poland, casualties were reported, infrastructure was damaged, and Latvia experienced record rainfall.
Across Lithuania, rescuers have already responded about 550 times to remove fallen trees after the storm on Sunday. In Latvia, the storm damaged the roof of the Riga Cathedral. In many cities, residents are left without electricity. In Poland , strong winds caused numerous damages.
Writes UNN with reference to the Lithuanian National Radio and Television and the ORF news agency.
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Tens of thousands of people in the Baltic states of Lithuania and Latvia were left without power due to storms and rain.
In Lithuania on Monday, more than 150 thousand consumers were left without electricity. In Vilnius, a tree fell on a passerby, who was killed, reports LRT. Some flights were canceled, and Lithuanian railways reported delays due to the weather.
Vladislav Kondratovich, Director of Administration of the Vilnius District Government, called the situation “dramatic.
In many cities, residents are left without electricity. Shops are also often closed. The town of Nemenchin was completely cut off from the world - even the Internet and mobile communications did not work there. The worst part is that there are more and more cities like this. We are checking the latest statistics and monitoring the situation.
A storm in Latvia has damaged the roof of the cathedral in Riga, Vice Mayor Edvardas Ratnieks said on Monday. The cathedral square in the Latvian capital is temporarily closed to the public until the threat is over.
Earlier, the Latvian Center for Environment, Geology and Meteorology issued an orange warning for rain and wind in the central part of the country. At the same time, the highest level of red warning is for Riga and its surroundings.
From yesterday to today, Latvia has seen almost one and a half times the average amount of precipitation in July, the country's meteorological service has reported.
Difficult situation due to the storm in Poland.
The bad weather that swept through the Lublin Voivodeship was extremely severe, and strong winds caused numerous destructions. Rescuers had to intervene as many as 135 times. The most common reports concerned the removal of broken trees and branches that blocked roads, which significantly hampered traffic.
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