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Power outage causes disruption across Crete, with calls over people trapped in elevators

From Kathimerini · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A power outage disrupted areas across all regional units of Crete in the morning.
  • Chania and Heraklion reported outages in central and other populated areas, while emergency calls concerned people trapped in elevators.

A power outage caused disruption across Crete in the morning, affecting locations in all of the island’s regional units.

In Chania, the outage hit the city center, Nea Chora, Souda Avenue and the old town, according to flashnews.gr. Heraklion also experienced a power cut in the city center.

The disruption led to calls reporting people trapped in elevators, adding to the alarm caused by the outage.

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Originally published by Kathimerini in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.