More than 63 thousand E-Redes customers remain without electricity this Saturday, February 7th. According to the company, the number shows a decrease of six thousand customers without electricity supply compared to the balance of Friday, February 6th.
Leiria continues to be the hardest hit area, with 41 thousand customers without electricity. Santarém has 11 thousand customers, Castelo Branco four thousand and Coimbra one thousand. Kristin’s depression was primarily responsible for the service interruption. Winds of more than 100 kilometers per hour ripped out high and low voltage networks in several locations. The worsening occurred with the other depressions Leonardo and Marta, which affect the service.
Em interview with Expressothe executive president of E-Redes, José Ferrari Careto, said that he hopes to have the situation of 95% of customers without electricity resolved by this Saturday. In the same interview, he stated that all workers in the country were mobilized following the Kristin depression.
According to showed DN in a report this weekin the interior of Leiria, more than a week after the night of the storm, there is not much hope that power will be restored anytime soon. In the town of Milagres, several high voltage towers and low voltage wires were destroyed.
At the city’s main materials store, generators are some of the most purchased items. The equipment model capable of supplying energy to all electronics, such as the stove and refrigeratorwas sold out in the physical store, with orders only online.
amanda.lima@dn.pt
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