Malawi has been thrown into a nationwide blackout after a heavy rainfall flooded the country’s power stations, forcing a shutdown on Sunday at about 2:30 pm.
A statement by the country’s electricity supply company, ESCOM, said heavy flow of water and trash, following the heavy rains, affected the hydropower plants at Nkula and Tedzani Power Stations which are in the Southern Region.
“Before the shutdown, heavy rains had also affected some of our transmission and distribution lines, increasing the number of faults on the supply system,” the electricity supplier said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) which supplies electricity to ESCOM has said that two machines at Nkula are now back online.
The company added that efforts are underway to restore power.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
