Greenland's capital restores power, heating after storm damaged line

By Jacob ⁠Gronholt-Pedersen

NUUK, Jan ⁠25 (Reuters) - ‍Greenland's capital restored power early on Sunday after ‍a storm damaged a transmission cable ​and left thousands without electricity and ​heating through the cold winter night.

Electricity suddenly cut off across Nuuk late on ​Saturday, witnesses said.

The Nukissiorfiit utility - which supplies Nuuk from the ​Buksefjord hydropower plant southeast of the capital - ‌said power came back online around 4:30 a.m. (0630 GMT).

Greenlanders are ​used to outages, often ⁠caused by harsh weather damaging the cable which ‌runs through rugged terrain and spans two fjords.

Three days before the ‌power cut, the government updated recommendations for ‌crisis preparedness - including advice for people to keep five days' worth of water ‍and food - in the wake of tensions over ⁠U.S. President Donald Trump's demands to acquire the Danish territory.

(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Andrew Heavens)

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