Thursday’s storm left more than 7,000 households without power

A storm hit most of Lithuania on Thursday but people were not hurt. From Thursday 6 a.m. until Friday 6 a.m. firefighters responded to 66 reports about trees uprooted by high wind and blocking roads.

According to the Fire and Rescue Department (PAGD), in four cases trees fell on cars.

Firefighters-rescuers responded to 23 calls about fallen trees in Kaunas county, 14 in Šiauliai county, 10 in Panevėžys county, 8 in Utena county, 7 in Marijampolė county, 2 in Vilnius county and 2 in Alytus county.

According to electricity and gas distribution company ESO (Energijos skirstymo operatorius), power cuts affected 7,463 households on Thursday afternoon. Yet the company was prepared for the storm and teams of electricians were working to restore power.

The majority of outages happened in Šiauliai, Kaunas and Panevėžys regions.