Power blackout hits Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and Croatia's Adriatic coast amid heat wave
Montenegro power distributor CEDIS announced that almost the entire country was without power
- Montenegro, Bosnia, and most of Croatia's Adriatic coast experienced a major power blackout on Friday, with temperatures approaching 104°F.
- Montenegro power distributor CEDIS announced that almost the entire country was without power due to network outages.
- The blackout was linked to a malfunction of an interconnector in Montenegro.
Montenegro, Bosnia and most of Croatia's Adriatic coast, where temperatures approached 104 degrees Fahrenheit, experienced a major power blackout on Friday, according to Montenegro power distributor CEDIS and local media.
"Almost the entire area of Montenegro is without power due to network outages," CEDIS said on its Facebook page.
A Reuters reporter said the capital Sarajevo and the cities of Banja Luka and Mostar were without electricity. Local media reported a blackout across the country.
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Croatia's HEP power utility said that the outage in parts of the country had been caused by "an international disturbance that affected several countries".
The break of dawn casts a pink hue over the homes along a stretch of coast in Croatia. Montenegro, Bosnia and most of Croatia's Adriatic coast experienced a major power blackout during a heat wave on Friday. (Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images / Getty Images)
"The Croatian transmission system operator is conducting an analysis with the system operators of neighbouring countries to determine the cause."
HEP said it had put its production capacities into full operation to ensure "supply in the shortest possible time".
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Most of Croatia's Adriatic coast was without electricity, state TV HRT reported. It said the traffic in the coastal city of Split had come to a halt after traffic lights stopped working. Sirens of ambulances could be heard throughout the city, it said.
Albanian TV broadcaster Top Channel said a number of towns including the capital Tirana were out of electricity. It quoted sources as saying that the malfunction of an interconnector in Montenegro had caused the blackout.