Skip to main content

© 2026 New Hampshire Public Radio

Persons with disabilities who need assistance accessing NHPR's FCC public files, please contact us at publicfile@nhpr.org.

Support

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

Own a business? Expand your reach and grow your business by becoming an underwriter on NHPR.

Iraq Struggles to Meet Electricity Needs

NPR | By Ben Gilbert

Published April 11, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Iraq's power system is struggling to meet the demand for electrical power ahead of summer, when temperatures can surpass 100 degrees.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Corrected: April 14, 2005 at 8:56 PM EDT

Temperatures in Iraq do not reach 140 degrees in summer, as reported. The highest temperature ever recorded anywhere is 136. Baghdad in the middle of summer averages 110.

Tags

Ben Gilbert

Related Content

Social Security benefits to get a boost. And, Hasan Piker defends his rhetoric

Brittney Melton

Social Security benefits are set to get a boost to offset rising consumer prices. And, streamer Hasan Piker says the GOP's "guilt-by-association politics" won't drag Democrats down in the midterms.
After booting 760K off ACA health plans, the Trump administration adds some people back

Julie Appleby

The Trump administration provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act enrollments — even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.
Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian oil refineries, officials say, after brief truce

The Associated Press

Ukrainian drones attacked a refinery in Russia's Ryazan region early Thursday, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a brief truce spurned by Moscow was over.
Greetings from Mexico City, where a bullfighting ban doesn't stop this matador training

Eyder Peralta

One plays the bull, the other the bullfighter, as a pair practices a dance of death in a sport that's prohibited in the Mexican capital city.
Essential items to stock in your medicine cabinet for cold and flu season

Andee Tagle

Cold and flu season is here. Before someone in your household gets hit, make sure you have these essential meds and comfort items in your medicine cabinet.

You make NHPR possible.

NHPR is nonprofit and independent. We rely on readers like you to support the local, national, and international coverage on this website. Your support makes this news available to everyone.

Give today. A monthly donation of $5 makes a real difference.