Power supply restored to 558 settlements in Odesa region overnight

DTEK Odesa Power Grid managed to restore power to 320,000 households in 558 settlements of Odesa Oblast that were cut off after the bad weather.

According to the company's press service, as of 10:00 a.m. on February 1, another 33,100 customers in 176 villages and towns were still without power.

Power grids in Berezovsky, Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky and Odessky districts of the region suffered the most damage.

On the night of January 31, as forecasted by weather forecasters, the weather in Odesa Oblast deteriorated, with temperatures dropping and snow starting to fall. As of the morning of 31 January, customers in Podilskyi, Berezivskyi, Rozdilnyanskyi, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and Odesa districts were without electricity. In Odesa, electricity is supplied to critical infrastructure facilities.

In addition, due to serious problems in the Ukrainian power grid, on the morning of Saturday, January 31, at 10:42 a.m., the voltage on the 400 kV Isaccea-Vulcanesti MPP line dropped, causing an emergency shutdown of the power system. Vehicles and goods were temporarily prevented from crossing the Ukrainian-Moldovan border due to the failure of the central databases of the customs authorities of the Republic of Moldova.

The Black and Azov Sea Hydrometeorological Center, meanwhile, predicted northwesterly wind gusts of 15-20 meters per second, ice and sleet in Odesa and the region during February 1. The air temperature will be 10-12 degrees below zero at night and 6-8 degrees below zero during the day.

In the Odesa region there will be light snow in some places at night. In some places there will be ice cover. North wind of 9-14 meters per second. Air temperature at night will be 10-15 degrees below zero, in the north up to 18 degrees below zero, during the day 5-10 degrees below zero.

February 2-3: Cloudy with partly clear skies. In some places, light snow. Ice cover. North wind, on February 3, northeast 9-14 meters per second. The air temperature will be 12-17 degrees below zero at night, up to 20 degrees below zero in the north, 6-11 degrees below zero during the day.

On February 4-5, there will be light precipitation in some places, mostly in the form of snow. The air temperature at night will be 8-13 degrees below zero, during the day from 2 degrees below zero to 3 degrees above zero, in the north up to 5 degrees below zero.

Кирило Бойко