Kuwait announces restoration of power in residential areas after brief outages

Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy announced early on Wednesday the restoration of electric current to all residential areas affected as a result of the outage of several aerial lines, following the completion of refeeding operations from the electrical grid.

Earlier, Kuwait said that several power transmission lines had gone out of service, causing electricity outages in scattered areas of the country. The ministry clarified that emergency teams had begun work under an approved emergency plan to determine the cause and restore power as soon as possible.