Sentences with phrase «of lack of electricity»

A folktales project is behind schedule because of lack of electricity, lack of heat in the school — which kept students home for several weeks — and infrequent access to computers at their school.

According to witnesses, because of a lack of electricity, many of the bodies were buried later that day in mass graves.

Also, on a personal note, dozens of friends have shared with me countless stories of their elderly loved ones dying as a result of the lack of electricity in their homes, hospitals, and care centers.

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Unlike most utilities, it doesn't pay a dividend, but with many expecting electricity prices to rise, Miller doesn't think the lack of income is a problem.

More than six months after Hurricane Maria, daily life in Castañer, Puerto Rico, is nowhere close to normal as residents try to deal with the effects of trauma, chronic stress and the continued lack of electricity.

«Today, seven out of ten people lack access to even the most basic electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The lack of electricity meant that most of the 3.4 million Americans on the island had no running water.

There were moments I lacked electricity for weeks, low - strength internet data and other difficulties I had to battle with during those times, coupled with some business mistakes and losing a lot of money too along the way.

U.N. special envoy for Palestinian rights Richard Falk said Tuesday the lack of electricity for 1.7 million residents in Gaza Strip is sparking a catastrophe.

This lack of electricity has crippled much of the region's infrastructure.

However, after decades of war, it has suffered from a lack of such services as transportation and electricity.

They failed to deal with some of the biggest obstacles to sustained growth — like the severe lack of electricity across the continent — and spur industries that would create jobs.

Among the numerous factors cited by some failed startups in Africa's most populous country Nigeria from a personal survey I conducted include, high and multiple taxes, lack of funding, electricity and security.

This is unconscionable that Puerto Rico still lacks electricity in 14 percent of the island.

The lack of electricity and water, the drive - by shootings, the explosions that more than rattled our windows — they shook our souls.

Lack of infrastructure — roads, electricity, refrigeration — can make it daunting.

At one point the electricity supply to the mine was cut in the hopes that the lack of light would force the protagonists to halt.

Well news to those who couldn't make it, we got all of the games in despite the eerie weather, lack of electricity in the burbs (hope everyone has theirs back by now) and traffic lights that caused dozens to be stuck in traffic.

Climatic conditions, lack of resources, poor education, difficulties in maintaining the «cold chain,» electricity failures etc., preclude collection at home, transport to the special baby units and prolonged frozen storage.

Questions — talks with EU partners on economic and financial issues, Available funds for Police and Crime panels to cover start - up and first - year running costs, Promoting lower electricity bills through the uptake of voltage optimisation, The effect the lack of a public inquiry into the death of Pat Finucane may have on British — Irish relations and on the Finucane family.

It also organised a protest in the city of Port Harcourt against the federal government's inability to address the burning perennial fuel scarcity, zero megawatts and total lack of electricity amidst increased tariff and economic hardship unleashed on Nigerians by the Buhari administration.

I witnessed the lack of roads, electricity and basic services in these regions.

There is infrastructural poverty through the lack of the most basic amenities - portable water, electricity and shelter.

LOWER EAST SIDE — After two weeks of no gas, running water or electricity in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, fed - up residents at a 1,600 - plus - unit housing complex are calling for a break in rent to make up for the lack of livable conditions.

Costly energy, poor transport, and a lack of electricity for the future are also issues in search of solutions that could assist growth.»

The lack of broadband, she said, leads to a competitive disadvantage for residents, health care providers and businesses, and is just as important as roads and electricity.

Elsa Seguinot indicated that she had a lot of family in Puerto Rico, and after the storm abated most of the island's residents lacked access to electricity and clean water.

They tend to be lustrous, ductile, malleable, and good conductors of electricity, while nonmetals are generally brittle (for solid nonmetals), lack lustre, and are insulators.

Fresh off meetings in Haiti to discuss potential renewable energy plans with the government, state electricity company and other players in the country's energy market, Konold calls the lack of political will in the Haitian government to tackle the hardest problems like theft disheartening.

Poverty atlases that map the extent of privation have existed for decades as a means to alert urban leaders to areas lacking basic services, such as water, electricity and sanitation.

Lacking the rich oil, coal and other energy reserves of many other nations, Japan relies on nuclear power for some 30 percent of its electricity.

«Water shortages from lack of electricity are common in today's conflicts,» says the ICRC.

Getting mains electricity to the 1.3 billion people who lack it is a target of the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All initiative.

But in the coming decade, nukelets like NuScale's may well eclipse solar and wind as the green energy of choice, bringing plentiful electricity to billions of people who lack it and possibly powering individual neighborhoods within cities.

For the more than two - thirds of Africa's sub-Saharan population that lacks access to electricity, even the most mundane tasks can be difficult or even deadly.

About 45 per cent of the population can not read a newspaper, and television reaches only a fifth of the population because so many households lack electricity.

GeneXpert also requires a constant and uninterrupted flow of electricity, lacking in many developing nations, although Weyer says studies are under way to attempt to power the machines with batteries and solar energy.

Amid all this talk of energy demand, the IEA also emphasises another of its estimates: 1.4 billion people across the world lack any access to electricity and 2.7 billion still use wood or other biomass to cook.

«As a region, Africa is in an unparalleled energy crisis rife with electricity deficiency, lack of access, and high costs,» said Wu.

The LED lamp holds great promise for increasing the quality of life for over 1.5 billion people around the world who lack access to electricity grids: due to low power requirements it can be powered by cheap local solar power.

Many of Vanacore's colleagues still lack electricity, «so when I was coming to AGU, I left my house keys at the network, so our analysts and students can use my house to do laundry and take a hot shower,» she said.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, ambulance service is rare and 30 % of all hospitals and clinics lack reliable water and electricity.

Chalk one up for self - determination: The lovely Julianne Nicholson spent much of her childhood in a cabin in rural Massachusetts that lacked water and electricity — her mother relocated there after her parents divorced — before finding the spunk to move...

Additionally, the sexual components in Anon lack the electricity and pulpiness of other classic erotic thrillers like Basic Instinct and Fatal Attraction.

This film, which made every attempt to stay as close as possible to the theoretical reality of what life would be like after the bomb — lack of electricity, fallout, and just the general devastation — was a harsh viewing experience.

In addition to Ms. Lawrence and Mr. Sutherland, returning to the fold are Josh Hutcherson as Peeta (still lacking even an ounce of screen presence), Woody Harrelson as Haymitch (giving a bit more effort this time around), Lenny Kravitz as Cinna, Paula Malcomson as Katniss» mother (seen recently as Abby in «Ray Donovan «-RRB-, Willow Shields as Prim, Liam Hemsworth as Gale (his most exciting scene is washing his hands), and of course the instant electricity and energy provided by Elizabeth Banks as Effie and Stanley Tucci as Caesar — two of the most colorful characters this side of 1970's era Elton John.

Lack of basic infrastructure, such as electricity, is a major obstacle to the use of technology in African schools.

Most of the district lacks basic social amenities such as potable water, sewage systems, electricity, and paved roads.

Emerging market classroom issues such as low connectivity, minimal bandwidth, lack of hardware, limited electricity, and lack of teacher training need to be at the top of your agenda as you craft your solution.

Roughly 270 public schools still lack power, and some areas of the island do not expect to see restored electricity until