Power outages in the Eastfjords

There are widespread outages in the southern part of the …

There are widespread outages in the southern part of the East Fjords. Screenshot/Rarik

There are power outages in many parts of the southern fjords in East Iceland. The largest municipality without power is Stöðvarfjörður, where 190 Rarik customers have been without power since around 4 am last night.

Residents of Álftafjörður have been without power for about half a day.

According to Guðrún Vaka Helgadóttir, Rarik's information officer, the outages are "here and there" and in some places it has been difficult to get repairmen to the outages due to heavy snow.

She says that repairmen are on standby as the Icelandic Road Administration clears the roads.

"Extra crews are being sent as the Icelandic Road Administration clears the roads. People are coming from Hvolsvöllur, Þórshöfn, and Akureyri to put more effort into repairs as we learn more," Helgadóttir says.

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