The clean -up work after “Amy” is still not over. Over 1,000 of the managers’ customers were still without electricity on Tuesday afternoon.
* The clean -up work is still ongoing after the storm “Amy”.
* Around 1000 of managed customers are still without electricity on Wednesday morning.
* They especially warn against one thing that they believe can be potentially fatal.
– I haven’t seen anything like it in my time, it’s bigger than anything I’ve seen.
This is what communications manager Thor Bjørn Omnes in Lead says. They are still doing clean-up work after the extreme weather “Amy” hit large parts of southern Norway this weekend.
On Wednesday morning, 1000 of the customers in Vestfold and Telemark are still without electricity.
Omnes says that one of the installers working in Bamble described that it would not have looked worse if anyone had blown the power grid with dynamite.
And that’s one thing they are particularly concerned about:
Still, the company receives many reports of wires lying on the ground.
These can be live, and very dangerous to get in touch with.
– It’s our big nightmare. They can be potentially fatal to humans and animals, says Omnes.
Communications Manager, Lead
Trees that have fallen down have led to several masts being broken, and have also torn several wires. Omnes says there are an estimated 150 such cases in their coverage area in Vestfold and Telemark.
He has a clear message those who come across such wires:
– Keep distance and let us know.
There is extensive work going on, he says. Lead has hired from other energy companies that have resources left over, but Omnes says that many of the network companies have problems like them.
– This weekend we had 20,000 without electricity, now we have 1000. We work as long as it is bright, but I wish it went faster.
According to NVE, at most 155,000 customers were without electricity during the extreme weather.
VG has recently been in contact with the largest insurance companies Fastind, Gjensidige, IF and Tryg, which on Monday afternoon had received almost 8300 injury reports.
After VG’s calculation, it could mean that “Amy” has caused damage to over half a billion kroner.
All companies are expecting a further increase over the next few days.
