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Tripoli and Nearby Areas Still Suffer Power Outing for Prolonged Periods, Company Blames High Humidity.

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Tripoli, 23 July 2015(Lana) The Metropolitan Tripoli and large swaths of neighboring areas live under prolonged periods of power outing, which sometimes goes beyond 12 hours. Households had to endure summer heat with temperatures up to 35 degrees without electricity, while services and governemnt offices forced to close as a result of the power cuts. The General Electricity Company has announced that power transmission lines between Al Zawiyah power Station and the neighboring areas and step-up transformers have been switched off because of high humidity which reached more than 100%. In a statement on Wednesday, the Company said as a result of the weather conditions, the station lost nearly 1500 mega watts of its capacity, and that work was underway to operate alternative generation units and restore the previous level of the network. =Lana=