Problems with hot water and continued heat in almost half of Bucharest, where temperatures will drop to -13 degrees / The new estimated deadline for solving the situation
Snow in sector 3 of Bucharest, January 11, 2025. Inquam Photos / George Călin
In the middle of the frost episode, almost 40% of the blocks in the Capital continue to have problems with hot water and heat. It is about more than 3,500 buildings, most of them in sectors 2 and 3, for which the supply of heating agent is deficient. Meteorologists say that the frost will remain in Bucharest until Wednesday, and the lowest temperatures, up to -13 degrees, are forecast for Monday night.
According to the Termo Alert application, at this moment 3,513 of the 9,213 buildings in the Capital have problems with hot water and heat due to insufficient flow for delivery by CET Sud, affected by a major breakdown since January 5.
Most of the affected buildings are from sectors 2 and 3. Areas such as Pantelimon, Sălăjan, Vatra Lumionoasă, B-dul Basarabia, Muncii, Baicului, Ștefan cel Mare, Colentina, Petricani, Teiul Doamnei, Nicola Grigorescu and Baba Novac are affected. There are also problems for blocks in sector 4, in the Tineretului or Unirii areas.
The new term estimated by Termoenergetica for resuming the supply of heating agent is January 12, at 11:30 p.m., but this could be extended.
The breakdown at CET Bucharest Sud occurred as early as January 5. Initially, it was about 1,000 buildings affected, but their number then increased to 3,500, almost 40% of all those connected to the centralized system.
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The representatives of the energy producer Elcen claimed that they continued to deliver heating agent at a temperature high enough so that the population was not affected, but due to old pipes, the heating agent was not reaching the radiators.
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What temperatures are forecast in the capital
The meteorologists have announced that from Sunday until Tuesday, January 13, at 10:00 a.m., Capitalase will be under the influence of a meteorological information message targeting particularly cold weather, mixed precipitation and poles, snow and snow cover.
The minimum temperature on Sunday morning was -5 degrees in Bucharest. The maximum temperature will be -4…-3 degrees, and the minimum on Monday morning will be -6…-5 degrees.
“The episode of heavy snowfall ends on Sunday, at 12.00, in Bucharest and in the counties in the south-east of the country. It will still snow today, but the snowfall will become less and less. However, the frost remains”, said the ANM meteorologist, on Sunday, on Digi24, meteorologist Mihai Huștiu from ANM.
He says that the night from Monday to Tuesday will bring frost to the whole country, with temperatures up to -13 degrees in Bucharest on Monday night and Tuesday morning.
“From Wednesday, the weather begins to warm up in the south and south-east of the country, and from Friday the whole country comes out from under the cold wave. The temperatures become positive, they will be 8-9 degrees Celsius”, added the ANM meteorologist.
