The icy cables

The cables along the line of the Western Railway in Khmelnitska oblast, which were broken in the course of icing-up on Monday, November 27, 2000 during the night on November 27, when the negative weather conditions had considerably complicated energy supply in the 10 Ukrainian Oblasts. According to the information of the Emergency Ministry Press-center, 1 thousand 350 settlements in Vinnitska oblast , 651- in Odesska, 566 - in Khmelnitska, 107- in Nikolaevska, 58 - in Cherkasska, 51 - in Khersonska, 42 - in Kirovogradska, 41 - in Rovenska, 26 - in Zhitomirska, 26 - in Chernovitska were de-energized. More than 90% of this disconnection were caused by the snap action of self-acting safe-guard of electricity transmission lines. Photo by the Ukrainian Emergency Ministry / UNIAN