5 April, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. About 30 settlements were left without electricity over the past day in the Vitebsk region due to wet snow, BELTA correspondent was informed by Marina Fando, press secretary of the Department of Emergency Situations. The heavy snowfall that occurred in the region caused the most trouble for the Vitebsk, Orsha and Polotsk districts, where power outages occurred in 10, 9 and 10 settlements respectively due to the accumulation of wet snow. In total, 7 power lines, 5 transformer substations and 1 farm were de-energized. As of 07:00 on April 5, 6 brigades of RUP "Vitebskenergo" with a total of 18 people and 6 units of equipment were involved in eliminating the consequences. Restoration work on power supply is ongoing. -0-

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