Power outages hit Kuwait amid high temperatures

  • Date: 04-Jul-2021
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Kuwait
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Power outages hit Kuwait amid high temperatures

Residents in Kuwait have been hit by widespread power outages during the past week as temperatures reached scorching levels.

On Thursday, when the city of Jahra recorded a temperature of 53.5°C, making it one of the hottest cities in the world, the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy announced that they were experiencing power outages in some areas in Jahra.

Similarly, on Friday, two feeders in the Salwa area went out of service, causing power outages.