Storm in Mazandaran damages 772 residential units, cuts power across parts of the province

Hosseinali Mohammadi, head of Mazandaran province's crisis management office, told IRNA on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 (18 Shahrivar 1405) that wind gusts exceeding 104 kilometers per hour damaged or flooded 772 residential units in Mazandaran province, mostly in Sari county and the city of Sari. He said falling trees knocked out sections of the power distribution network, cutting electricity across the province; of about 250 affected feeders, 245 have been restored by power utility crews, with work continuing on the remaining five. He added that two telecommunications centers in Sari and Babolsar and one telecom site were damaged by the heavy rain, disrupting communications in some parts of the province.