Lebanon has no centrally generated electricity

Fire breaks out at a fuel storage tank in the Zahrani oil facility in southern Lebanon, with firefighters attempting to control the blaze. Fuel shortages amid a deep economic crisis have forced the country’s two biggest power plants to shut down.

People in #Lebanon have been conditioned to expect so little from the government grid that many barely registered the 24-hour cut this weekend. Why have power cuts become so rampant, how are people coping, & is there a long-term strategy?

Lebanon’s power supplies were back to normal on Sunday after a blackout the previous day when the country’s two biggest power stations shut down because of a fuel shortage, the Energy Ministry said.

What people are saying?

Zenah Get out the candles cause it’s going to happen again! The Lebanese need to go back to the old ways like growing their own food and raising animals. These are a people who have bore the brunt of history time and again! They will persevere God willing.

Sarah El Deeb Lebanon’s fuel situation is precarious. solutions are short-term, and leave many people w/ no options but to stay in the dark. down from 2 hours a day of state power to none then Today, the army came to the rescue with emergency fuel.