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Sri Lanka Braces for Extreme Heat
2016-04-07 07:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Sri Lanka is facing the heat from a scorching sun for the past one month. In recent times, the country has imposed power cuts after almost a decade. The main reason was the stoppage at a coal power plant, but engineers at the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) admit that the islands hydro-power generation capacity is at such a critical low that without additional coal, diesel and renewable generation, the countrys full demand for power cannot be met. In the south of the country, sea water has been...
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