BAGHDAD: Iraq on Monday announced a nationwide power outage as rising temperatures pushed demand on the electricity grid to unprecedented levels. The electricity ministry said the grid suffered a “total outage” after the shutdown of two transmission lines amid a spike in consumption triggered by a “record rise in temperatures,” with the heat reaching 48-50C in Baghdad and central and southern regions.

BAGHDAD: Iraq was hit by a power outage in its central and southern regions on Monday after a shutdown at a power plant in the western province of Anbar, electricity ministry…

La « panne totale » intervient au moment où le thermomètre atteint 50 °C à Bagdad et dans onze provinces du centre et du sud du pays.

BAGHDAD: Iraq on Monday announced a nationwide power outage as rising temperatures pushed demand on the electricity grid to unprecedented levels. The electricity ministry said the…

Lundi 11 août, sous l’effet d’une « hausse record des températures » et de l’augmentation de la demande, deux lignes de transmission se sont arrêtées, entraînant une « panne…

BAGHDAD: Electricity supply returned to all Iraq’s provinces on Tuesday, a government official told AFP, expecting the grid’s full recovery within a day after a nationwide power…