{"id":71478,"date":"2026-08-29T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/08\/29\/latvia-grapples-with-power-outages-days-after-devastating-storm\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:13:00","slug":"latvia-grapples-with-power-outages-days-after-devastating-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/08\/29\/latvia-grapples-with-power-outages-days-after-devastating-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia grapples with power outages days after devastating storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six days after a devastating summer storm and torrential rainfall struck Latvia on Aug. 22, power outages are still being reported in some municipalities of the Baltic country, authorities said Friday.<br \/>The storm caused extensive damage to power grids, initially cutting off power to approximately 277,000 customers in Latvia, and in many areas, the blackouts were followed by disrupted communications, closed gas stations, and even closed stores.<br \/>A person was killed in the central Latvian city of Jelgava when a building under construction collapsed during the storm. 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Two firefighters sustained injuries during rescue efforts.<br \/>As of Friday morning, approximately 2,500 customers in Latvia were still experiencing power outages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six days after a devastating summer storm and torrential rainfall struck Latvia on Aug. 22, power outages are still being reported in some municipalities of the Baltic country, authorities said Friday.The storm caused extensive damage to power grids, initially cutting off power to approximately 277,000 customers in Latvia, and in many areas, the blackouts were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Latvia grapples with power outages days after devastating storm - 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