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Help and contacts

Who to call

Who to contact during and after a power cut. Tap a number to call it.

Emergencies

Fire, ambulance, police

112Call

Call if someone is unwell from the heat, a medical device has stopped, there is a fire, or someone is trapped.

Signs of heatstroke include confusion, hot dry skin and fainting. Move the person somewhere cool and call 112.

Local news

Listen to the news

Find out how widespread a cut is and when power should be back. These are the public broadcaster's live streams.

Streams use mobile data and battery, and stop if the phone network goes down. A battery or wind-up radio keeps working.

Food support

Food banks in Malta

If you lost a lot of food in a cut and money is tight, these organisations help families with food.

  • Foodbank Lifeline Foundation, Valletta. Malta's first food bank, founded in 2015. foodbanklifeline.com · Donate
  • Malta Food Bank Foundation, with its warehouse in Ħamrun.

Want to give? Food banks need tins, pasta, rice, oil and long-life milk. Please don't donate food from a fridge or freezer that lost power.

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