Unsettled weather to clear up by weekend (Updated)
Hailstorms, heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected on Thursday and Friday, while temperatures are going to drop by 4C on Thursday, reaching just 22C. According...
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EAC crews working to restore power after lightning causes black outs
Crews of the electricity authority (EAC) are working to restore damage caused by lightning and the extreme weather conditions that mainly affected west of Limassol...
Nicosia power cuts
A number of villages in the Nicosia district were left without power on Monday afternoon due to bad weather. According to the electricity authority (EAC)...
Severe weather causes power outages in Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca
Power outages hit across the island on Tuesday as heavy rains and strong winds caused damage to the electric authority’s (EAC) network. The met office...
Paphos storm uproots trees, causes power cuts (Updated)
Strong winds uprooted trees, causing power cuts in various areas in Paphos on Thursday evening, as a rainstorm swept through the district. On the old...
Bad weather cuts power to Limassol villages (Updated)
Sixteen communities in the Limassol district were left without electricity for several hours on Wednesday after bad weather damaged the EAC grid. EAC spokesperson, Christina...
Bad weather causing power cuts (updated)
Some villages in rural Limassol suffered power cuts for a few hours on Monday, the third day in a row due to bad weather. Power...
EAC unions briefing staff on April strike
Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) unions were on Thursday briefing employees across the country on the scheduled strike planned for April 6. The strike is...
Power cuts loom as EAC unions announce strike
Unions of the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) will initiate an indefinite strike as of April 6, they decided on Tuesday. All staff at the...
Paralimni hit by storm, power cuts on Monday night
Paralimni was left without power for about an hour and a half after lightning struck during a heavy storm on Monday night. Electricity was cut...
Fault at Vasilikos caused power cuts
Areas across Cyprus were left with no electricity on Friday afternoon for a short period after a unit a Vasilikos power station was damaged for...
Heat wave kills more than 400 in Pakistan’s Karachi (Updated)
By Syed Raza Hassan A heat wave has killed more than 400 people in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi over the past three days, health...
Typhoon lashes northeast Philippines, landslides feared
By Rosemarie Francisco Typhoon Noul crashed ashore on the northeastern tip of the Philippines on Sunday, as officials warned of landslides and called on residents...
Consumers left in the dark after power cut confusion
PEOPLE with unpaid bills, apparently under the impression that the EAC would not cut their power for the foreseeable future, saw their lights go out...
No power cuts for customers in arrears over Christmas period
The EAC announced on Wednesday it would not be cutting off power to domestic consumers who are in arrears over the Christmas period between the...
Yeroskipou municipality power switched on
By Bejay Browne THE ELECTRICITY company (EAC) has turned the power to Yeroskipou town hall back on after the municipality paid part of an overdue...
Legislation to ensure essential services during strikes
By Elias Hazou THE Attorney-general’s office is drawing up legislation that would, under certain conditions, make the denial of minimum essential services to the public...
Out-of-control bamboo plants caused Paphos power cuts
TALL BAMBOO plants were on Wednesday blamed for a fault in the main overhead power cables which supply electricity to Tala village and surrounding areas...
Bad weather causes problems in Limassol and Paphos
Bad weather over the weekend has caused problems in the Limassol and Paphos districts. A rockslide police to close a section of the Paphos-Limassol highway...
Lessons in the school yard for Turkish Cypriot children
SCHOOL children in the north are attending lessons outdoors after the electricity company decided to cut power to a number of schools that have failed...
