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Vladivostok (dpa) - Around ten days after an ice storm in the extreme southeast of Russia, hundreds of people are still without electricity.

The situation is still tense on Russki Island near the city of Vladivostok on the Pacific, where several thousand people live.

The repair of the power lines is under high pressure, the authorities announced in Vladivostok on Sunday.

The residents of hundreds of houses could have switched on the lights again at the weekend.

Diesel generators are often used for this purpose, but they cannot be operated around the clock.

The minister responsible for the Far East, Alexei Chekunkov, had previously spoken of a total of around 4,000 people in the Primorye region who had been sitting in the dark for days.

At peak times, 180,000 residents were without electricity.

In the region, thousands of people were at times without heating.

In Vladivostok, the outside temperature was minus four degrees on Sunday.

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Frozen rain had fallen in Primorye.

There was a thick layer of ice on trees and cars.

Power lines tore under the load.

Many residents of the affected areas are still receiving water and hot meals.

Schools should open again.

An important bridge to Russky Island is still closed because chunks of ice could fall on cars and injure people.

It has been de-iced by specialists for days.

In Vladivostok, thousands of people volunteered to clean up on Saturday, clearing paths of ice, for example.

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