Hurricane, which passed today in the Sverdlovsk Region, has disconnected 15 municipalities. Victims of the disaster were 38 thousand people. One uralets perished.
In Starotinkinsk and Nizhny Tagil, an emergency situation was introduced in connection with the effects of a hurricane wind. In both municipality on the instructions of the head of the region Evgeny Kuyvashev, representatives of the regional Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Energy and Housing and Communal Services immediately left, the information policy department of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region reports..
Evgeny Kuyvashev instructed the Cabinet to take exhaustive measures to eliminate the consequences of the hurricane and provide all necessary assistance to the victims.
Specialists of energy companies are currently restoring electricity to consumers, interrupted by a thunderstorm and a stormy wind. The work is being carried out in an expeditious manner by reinforced teams of emergency crews and special equipment.
Technological infringements are fixed on high-voltage transmission lines 110 and 35 kV, and also in distributive networks of 6-10 kV.
Without electricity, there were residents of Egorshinsky, Irbit, Kamyshlovsky, Kamensky, Nizhnetagilsky, Nevyansky, Krasnouuralky, Pervouralsky, Polevskoy, Degtyarsk, Sysert, Beloyarsky urban districts, in part g. Revda and its suburbs, as well as the urban district of Verkhnyaya Pyshma and Slobodo-Turinsky Municipal District. The most difficult situation in Nizhny Tagil. In total, about 38 thousand people were affected by the disaster.
"The situation is under special control of the regional headquarters for energy security. Socially significant objects are promptly transferred to reserve sources of electricity supply, comprehensive measures are taken to connect the housing fund. In most of the territories, violations are eliminated and consumers are gradually fed, "explained the head of staff, the Minister of Energy and Housing of the Sverdlovsk region Nikolai Smirnov.
The inhabitants of the region can find out information on the progress of restoration work by calling the hotline of IDGC-Ural: 8 800 2501-220.