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Cyclone Prisca knocks out power for 400,000 households

8/24/2026

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Prisca Hits Baltics

Cyclone Prisca struck Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Belarus, killing two people.
Wind gusts in Riga exceeded 30 m/s, reaching over 67 mph.
A fallen tree killed one person in Lithuania and a building collapse killed another in Jelgava, Latvia.
Power outages affected over 250,000 Latvian, 150,000 Lithuanian, 3,500 Estonian and 145,000 Polish households.
Riga Airport warned of flight delays while rail, ferry and road services faced heavy disruption.

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Cyclone Hits Latvia

Experts labeled the cyclone the most severe Latvian storm since 2005.
Andris Viksna of the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center said climate change may have intensified rainfall.
Authorities expected power and transport services to largely normalize by Monday, easing regional disruptions.
Mobile networks remained down for hundreds of thousands, but emergency crews restored limited service within hours.

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Prisca Hits Baltics

Cyclone Prisca struck Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Belarus, killing two people.
Wind gusts in Riga exceeded 30 m/s, reaching over 67 mph.
A fallen tree killed one person in Lithuania and a building collapse killed another in Jelgava, Latvia.
Power outages affected over 250,000 Latvian, 150,000 Lithuanian, 3,500 Estonian and 145,000 Polish households.
Riga Airport warned of flight delays while rail, ferry and road services faced heavy disruption.

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