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In the afternoon, an obstacle hit the seashore, where a heavy rain washed away the hot sand of the Baltic Sea coast.
Lithuanians on vacation in Palanga were forced to leave the beach. Later, the storm moved to Klaipeda, where a strong wind began to spin the trees.
Citizen Vytautas Mažeika with the portal lrytas.lt Readers shared pictures of the rain in Alytus: due to heavy rain, the streets are full of water. Chunks of ice began to fall from the sky on the sticks.
At approximately 6 pm Kaunas began to be swept away by a shower of impressive power, which was reinforced by strong winds. A huge tree fell into the Kaunas City Hall Square, temporarily blocking traffic.
Vilnius stayed a bit drier, with a relatively small amount of precipitation.
Without eleectricity
After a storm and hail hit Lithuania on Tuesday night, some 5,000 people reported power losses. consumers consumers.
Paulius Kalmantas, representative of the electricity and gas distribution company Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO), told BNS that the population without electricity is still mainly in the Kaunas and Utena regions.
According to him, 1.8 thousand have no electricity in the Utena region. consumers, Kaunas – 1.7 thousand.
From all over Lithuania, around 5,000 people were without power due to the rain and storm. consumers.
“Currently, the first failures are registered in the Kaunas region: six high-voltage lines and 45 low-voltage lines. Since that storm just got there, the number of consumers who were without power has yet to be determined. We will make efforts to restore power as soon as possible, “he told BNS.
Mr. Kalmantas emphasized that efforts will be made to restore the power supply quickly, as some faults could be corrected by remote control.
Meanwhile, in the rain-ravaged Klaipėda region, some faults are recorded: “It seems that (the rain – BNS) did not affect the power grid.”
Kalmantas acknowledged, among other things, that power outages often occur in the summer due to rains and storms.
“But it is perfectly normal: every summer, as soon as there is a storm, there is a storm, there are people who have lost power,” an ESO spokesperson told BNS.
