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A storm warning has been announced in the Primorsky Territory due to heavy and very heavy rains, the risk of rising river levels and flooding. The heaviest precipitation is predicted in the Khasan district.
In three regions of Primorye, power engineers are eliminating network failures due to bad weather.
In the Khasan district, a repeated shutdown of the 110 kV power transmission line was recorded; crews are restoring power supply.
Due to bad weather, the Primorsky Electric Networks branch has introduced a high alert mode.
VLADIVOSTOK, October 5 – RIA Novosti. Power engineers are eliminating network failures in populated areas in three regions of Primorye, reports the Far Eastern Distribution Network Company.
In Primorye there is a storm warning for October 5-6 due to heavy and very heavy rains, the risk of rising river levels and flooding. The heaviest rainfall is forecast for Monday in the Khasan municipal district in the south of Primorye, where one to one and a half months of precipitation may fall.
“On the morning of October 5, in the Khasansky district, a repeated shutdown of the 110 kV power line was recorded, extinguishing part of the region’s consumers. Crews are restoring power supply. Energy workers are also recording local power outages. Crews are restoring power supply in the village of Lukyanovka, Shkotovsky district,” the message says.
Damage was discovered on the line providing power supply to the village of Razdolnoye, Nadezhdinsky district. There will be light there soon.
Due to bad weather, the Primorsky Electric Networks branch has been on high alert since Monday morning.

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