A major power outage hits the Balkans, disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in a heatwave.
The Montenegro energy minister said it was caused by a sudden increase in power consumption brought on by high temperatures, and by the heat itself overloading systemsPower has been restored but the Balkan regions remains at a high risk of further shutdowns as power usage and heat swelters above 40 degrees Celsius.
"The failure occurred as a result of a heavy load on the network, a sudden increase in power consumption due to high temperature and the high temperatures themselves," Montenegro's energy minister, Sasa Mujovic, said in a TV broadcast."The whole electric grid system of continental Europe is connected together, and that sometimes has its benefits but also has its flaws," said Danko Blazevic, the head of Croatia's electric grid networks.
Cars also ground to a halt in the Croatian coastal city of Split, state TV HRT reported. Ambulance sirens rang out across the city, it added.single transmission fault caused a national blackout. A full investigation would take time, but early analysis suggested that "big volumes of power in the transmission system at the moment and very high temperatures in record levels have created this technical problem," Ms Balluku added.
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