Trinidad & Tobago News

Trinidad blackout ruled ‘an act of God’

(Trinidad Express) – There was no sabotage. The island-wide blackout of Wednesday, February 16 was “an act of God” “triggered” when a 21.64-metre-tall fungus-infected Palmiste tree in the vicinity of Grants Trace Extension Road in the Rousillac area hit a high-voltage transmission line, causing a cascading chain of events which led to system failure in Trinidad.

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