Lebanon's central electricity grid shuts down as fuel shortages continue
The stoppage of two major power plants leaves generators as the country's only power source, endangering hospital patients and the water supply. Officials expect the outages to last for several days.
Much of Lebanon is without power following outages in the country's core power plants.
The Zahrani plant lost power on Saturday and the Deir Ammar plant shut down the day before, reports. Both outages are linked to the ongoing scarcity of fuel in the country. The two plants, among Lebanon's largest, are responsible for supplying 40% of the country's power, according to the .
