2023-12-17 20:21:00
Thousands of homes remain without light due to power outagesas a result of the intense storm that affected the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area during the early hours of Sunday. The heavy rains and winds of more than 100 km per hour They caused trees and light poles to fall, causing interruption of service.
With the objective of prevent incidents greater in the affected homes, massive power outages were recorded in the AMBA.
After 11 in the morning, homes without electricity in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area exceeded 300 milin between 249.654 users of Edesur y 72.743 of Edenor. The service was provided as the hours went by, although in some places the outages still persisted.
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On the website of the National Electricity Regulatory Entity (ENRE) you can consult a map with the main cuts. However, for much of the morning, and at the time of this writing, the tool was down. Edesur’s does not respond either.
Then, at 8:30 p.m., the pages were already working correctly and More than 220 thousand people were still without electricity: 151,554 from Edesur and 70,428 from Edenor.
The neighborhoods of Palermo, Recoleta y St nicolas were among the most affected areas in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aireswith fallen trees, flooded streets and other damage.
In it Conurbano The most complicated areas were Avellaneda, Quilmes, Zamora Hills, Wilde, San Isidro, Tiger, Vicente Lopez, Pillar, San Fernando, Ramos Mejia, Berazategui and Florence Varela.
Another fatal victim due to the storm that hit the AMBA
The companies, meanwhile, did not provide details regarding the service restoration schedule. From Edesur They indicated that “a special operation was organized on the ground to restore supply in the southern area of the Conurbano and Federal Capital, in joint work with Firefighters and Civil Defense.” And they remembered the danger of the fallen cables and asked that it not be manipulated, in a message through their Facebook account.
In addition, they also established a scheme to prioritize the care of electro-dependent people, in addition to hospitals and health centers.
On the other hand, since Edenordescribed the situation as “a very particular event” that makes it necessary to “be on the ground” to clear obstacles, protect the integrity of neighbors and workers so that they can carry out the necessary repair tasks.
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“There are different situations: alterations in high voltage lineswhich are those that affect the greatest number of families and commercial and industrial users and more specific issues in medium and low voltage,” said a spokesperson, who also pointed out that it was not yet possible to specify the number of families and people affected by the cuts. .
Weather forecast for the next few hours
He Bad weather will continue for most of Sunday, according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN). Although wind gusts will persist, they are forecast to be less intense compared to recent hours.
Improvements are expected at night.
Temperatures will be between 22 and the 26 degreesin a week in which there will be some rains this Monday.
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