After storms, 11,000 customers are without power, mainly in the Ostrava region of Czechia

About 11,000 customers are without power following storms that hit the Moravian-Silesian Region on Wednesday evening. Energy workers had recorded 14 faults on high-voltage lines by 7 a.m., ČEZ spokesperson Vladislav Sobol said. Households are without power mainly in the Ostrava area and then in a belt below the Beskydy Mountains from Havířov through Český Těšín to Třinec and Jablunkov.

„All our fault crews have been in the field since the wind eased a little, which enabled us to restore a large part of supplies overnight,“ Sobol said.

The storms caused problems primarily in the Ostrava area, where firefighters responded to hundreds of incidents. They cleared fallen trees, pumped water from flooded basements and carried out temporary repairs to damaged roofs. In Český Těšín, a falling tree killed a woman who was camping with her partner. The man managed to escape.

Road and rail traffic in the region was disrupted by the storms. Services remain suspended on the Ostrava-Svinov – Opava východ line. The operator expects services to resume around noon.