Power cuts bring misery during heat wave

Residents and business’s across the island endured another night of power cuts as Enemalta raced to repair damaged power cables.

In a statement on Thursday, Enemalta said that 40 engineers and technicians together with contracted workers, were dispatched during the night to carry out emergency works on faults that developed in scattered parts of the electricity distribution system, causing power cuts in different zones.

Enemalta CEO Jonathan Cardona said that soaring temperatures have caused roads to heat up, and this heat is bringing out certain latent defects in underground cables.