Four districts of Almaty and 10 districts of Almaty regions were hit by power outages Thursday afternoon after several overhead transmission lines failed.

Axar.az reports, citing Qazinform News Agency, that an emergency shutdown of three 500 kV overhead transmission lines owned by KEGOC triggered automatic safety systems in the Alatau Zharyk Company grid, cutting off 300 MW of power.

Severe traffic congestion has formed across Almaty amid widespread power outages, with traffic reaching 8 points.

Almaty drivers faced compounding congestion as closures near the Central Stadium kept a portion of Abai Avenue shut down between Seifullin Avenue and Baizakov Street due to a concert by American rapper Kanye West.