(ANSA-AFP) - SARAJEVO, DEC 23 - Tens of thousands of homes in
Bosnia and Herzegovina were left without electricity on Monday,
particularly in the northern part of the Balkan country, after
it was hit by heavy snow and strong winds, the local electricity
provider announced. "At the moment, around 60,000 customers are
without electricity," Elektroprivreda BiH, one of the three
distributors in the country, said in a statement. Some 130,000
homes, institutions, and businesses were without power for
several hours during the morning, but teams sent to the scene
were able to repair several outages, according to the same
source. "The outages on the network were caused by intense
snowfall, accompanied by wind," they explained. (ANSA-AFP).
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