Power has been restored to all households in Kaohsiung after damage from Typhoon Krathon disrupted supply for up to four days in some areas of the city, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said today.
In Kaohsiung, 211,851 homes lost power in the storm that lingered offshore for days before finally making landfall on Thursday last week.
Linyuan District (林園) saw the most outages with 32,327 households losing electricity, followed by Fongshan District (鳳山) with 24,269, Renwu District (仁武) with 22,146 and Daliao District (大寮) with 20,801, Taipower said.
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Repairs were interrupted by blocked roads, but with assistance from the city government, workers were able to clear fallen trees and debris to reach power lines, it said.
A total of 472 workers were dispatched from 15 other districts as far as Taipei to assist, it said.
With the completion of repairs in mountainous areas of Dashu District (大樹) by 2am today, all power has been restored to Kaohsiung, the utility said.
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