The entire island of Lesbos was plunged into darkness on Wednesday evening, 11 November, following a widespread power outage.

The electricity cut began at around 7.30pm, leaving households, businesses and settlements across the island without power.

Lesbos remained without electricity for approximately 60 minutes, depending on the area, with the island’s capital, Mytilene, and other communities affected by another extensive outage, according to local news website lesvosnews.net.

The gradual restoration of power began at around 8.30pm, with electricity initially returning to some areas, according to the same reports. However, power was not restored simultaneously across the island.