A number of localities today remained without electricity due to the heavy rain and high winds. The company “Premier Energy” said that owing to the unfavorable weather conditions, in the municipality of Chisinau alone, power outages were experienced in Botanica district and in Băcioi, Codru, Trușeni, Vatra, Tohatin, Cheltuitor, Făurești, Goian. Teams of specialists are working to restore the power supply, IPN reports.

Owing to the interpretation in the supply of electricity, Parliament suspended its sitting for a period. The subscribers of a mobile phones carrier could not be contacted, while the Internet provided by another operator was of a low speed during the thunderstorm.

The Chisinau City Hall said today’s rain affected the circulation of trolleybuses, disrupting their schedule, primarily of those that run on the streets Calea Ieșilor, Muncești, Albișoara, Calea Orheiului, A. Pușkin, Ion Creangă.

Teams of rescuers and firefighters helped to take away trees and branches downed by the high winds of last night.