Storm

Damage caused by the latest storm in Lithuania is estimated to cost over EUR 6 million, data of three insurance companies show.

Energy distributor AB Energijos skirstymo operatorius (ESO) says it has restored power supply to all of its customers who were left without electricity after a massive storm last week.

Šiauliai and Šakiai districts have declared a municipal-level emergency situation due to the damage caused by heavy rainfall.

The electricity supply has still not been restored to around 10,000 people, energy distributor ESO said Friday morning, the fifth day after a massive storm pounded the country.

The opposition Social Democratic group says the latest storm has shown that the state is not ready to respond to emergencies.

Nearly EUR 3.3 billion will be invested in the electricity distribution network over the next decade, Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys said Tuesday evening, as more than 160,000 households were left without power after the latest storm.

Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen calls for a debate to promote home insurance among owners as Lithuanians continue to estimate losses due to power outages and property damage following Monday’s storm.

ESO, national energy distributor, has said it will compensate households left without power for more than 72 hours after a massive storm pounded the country. Around 42,000 customers still had no electricity at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, it said.

A new landslide has been observed on the southern slope of Gediminas Hill after the storm swept through Lithuania for the past two days. The National Museum of Lithuania said Tuesday the landslide of superficial soil does not threaten to the stability of the hill, but the damaged slope will be reinf...

Damage caused by the storm that started in Lithuania on Sunday has been estimated to cost EUR 1.15 million, and could cost even more, insurers have warned.

Vilnius and Akmenė district municipalities have declared an emergency over the damage caused by a massive storm.

High winds and heavy rain since Sunday evening have brought numbers of trees down, prompting firefighters across Lithuania to go remove them around 300 times.

Two flights to Vilnius Airport have been cancelled and two more flights have been rerouted away as the storm continues to sweep across the country, Lithuanian Airports (LTOU) has said.

A woman was fatally injured by a tree uprooted by the wind in Grigiškės, in the west of Vilnius, on Monday, the Fire and Rescue Department has said.

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.

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Министр вооруженных сил Британии Джеймс Хиппи заявил, что Украина вправе использовать британское оружие для ударов по военным объектам в России. В российском минобороны предупредили, что если это случится, то Москва пойдет на ответные меры.

В Казани юноша открыл стрельбу из ружья в школе №175. По данным властей, погибли девять человек. Президент России Владимир Путин поручил срочно ужесточить правила оборота гражданского оружия.