Baltic Sea Island - Power outage on Usedom - Thousands of households affected
A large power outage is causing problems in the Kaiserbaden area on the island of Usedom. Early in the morning, there was an underground cable fault in the energy supplier Edison's network in the Bansin area, according to their statement. As a result, the power supply was disconnected in the region around the Kaiserbaden areas of Bansin, Ahlbeck and Heringsdorf. Experts are now on site to restore the power supply.
"We are currently calculating that it will still take some more hours for this to go on," said Heringsdorf Mayor Laura Isabelle Marisken in the afternoon. Thousands of households are affected. For people who need electricity for medical reasons, a emergency center has been set up at the fire department's rescue station. There is a backup power supply, the police and fire department are on standby. "We have everything organized, we are prepared, we are waiting, we have capacity," she said.
There was also a power outage in parts of Eggesin, Ueckermunde and Friedland on Tuesday afternoon. According to statements from the network operator Edis, the cause was maintenance work during which a power pole fell over. The last affected households were only supplied with power again after more than four hours. It is still unclear why the pole fell over. There is no known connection to the power outage on Usedom.
- The power outage in Usedom has disrupted many household activities in places like Kaiserbaden, Bansin, Ahlbeck, and Heringsdorf, all situated on the Baltic Sea Island of Usedom.
- The fire department in Herringsdorf is now housing an emergency center to assist households in Need of electricity for medical reasons due to the ongoing power outage.
- This power outage in Germany's Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region, specifically in Usedom, has been causing a significant Strom (German for current or electricity) disruption.
- In the midst of the power outage, the police and fire department are standing by, ensuring they are prepared to address any potential issues, while a backup power supply is in place.
- Unrelated to the power outage on Usedom, another power outage occurred in parts of Eggesin, Ueckermunde, and Friedland, with the cause still unknown, affecting household power supply for over four hours.
