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Associated Press
15 hours ago
- Business
- Associated Press
AP PHOTOS: Cuba's energy crisis forces families to find ingenious solutions to get by
HAVANA (AP) — For countless families in Cuba, the question is no longer if the power will go out, but when. Constant power outages, coupled with gas shortages, are forcing many to implement ingenious alternatives to sustain daily life as the island undergoes its most severe energy crisis in decades. Electricity cuts have intensified in recent weeks due to persistent fuel shortages at power plants and aging infrastructure. With summer's rising demand approaching and no apparent solution in sight, Cubans face a grim outlook. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Why a helicopter will be flying over central Pennsylvania
MIFFLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A helicopter will be flying low over parts of central Pennsylvania soon as part of an effort to prevent power outages. A FirstEnergy subsidiary is using an aerial saw to trim trees along high voltage lines in the company's PenElec service area. The company says the work began recently and is expected to be done by the end of the year. This work is being done in numerous Pennsylvania counties, including Mifflin, Huntingdon, and Centre counties, as well as Bedford, Blair, Bradford, Cambria,, Clearfield, Elk, McKean, Potter Somerset, Tioga, Warren, Westmoreland, and Wyoming counites. 'Keeping our high-voltage power lines clear of potential interference from trees is an important part of maintaining system reliability,' John Hawkins, FirstEnergy President, Pennsylvania, said. 'The aerial saw is a specialized tool that allows us to cover hundreds of transmission miles every year in a safe, efficient manner.' The helicopter comes equipped with a saw on a boom suspended below. It is able to trim trees along transmission lines the company says are inaccessible to bucket trucks or other vehicles or are in environmentally sensitive areas. They can cover more area in a day than a ground crew might in a week, FirstEnergy says. Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Apple TV devices Maintaining clearances between lines and trees helps prevent power outages, the company says. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Washington Post
6 days ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Puerto Rico's governor pledges to improve island's power grid and economy
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico's governor pledged Thursday to improve the island's crumbling electric grid and boost the economy in her first address after being elected last year as anger intensifies over chronic power outages and an increase in cost-of-living expenses. Gov. Jenniffer González Colón, of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, spoke for nearly two hours as she listed her accomplishments since taking office in January and announced multimillion-dollar investments to improve Puerto Rico's health, education and public safety.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
More than 13,000 without power in East Texas counties due to severe weather
TYLER, Texas (KETK)– Severe weather has hit several East Texas counties Monday morning, electricity utilities and cooperatives are reporting around 13,093 power outages in East Texas homes as of 3:20 p.m. KETK has compiled a list of East Texas counties from the Texas Power Outage Map which is showing the following power outages: Anderson: 1,046 Angelina: 104 Bowie: 89 Camp: 42 Cass: 75 Cherokee: 110 Gregg: 2,761 Harrison: 3,138 Henderson: 2,504 Houston: 778 Nacogdoches: 9 Panola: 9 Polk: 2 Rusk: 280 Sabine: 20 San Augustine: 2 Shelby: 1 Smith: 1,779 Titus: 5 Upshur: 48 Van Zandt: 286 Wood: 5 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
ABC News
26-05-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Parts of South Australia have experienced a burst of wild weather, with the conditions causing dust storms and rough seas..
Skip to main content 48m ago 48 minutes ago Mon 26 May 2025 at 6:10am Parts of South Australia are undergoing their first burst of wet weather in months, with the wild conditions causing power outages, fallen trees, dust storms, flash flooding and rough seas.
