Heavy snowfall causes widespread outages in BiH


SARAJEVO, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Heavy snowfall accompanied by strong winds disrupted power supply in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Monday, causing widespread outages in the country, according to Elektroprivreda BiH (EPBiH).

The electric utility company said that between 4:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. local time, approximately 180,000 customers experienced power outages. By afternoon, electrical maintenance teams had restored power supply to most areas, with around 47,000 customers still affected.

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