There was a massive power grid failure in Bangladesh leaving 140 million people without electricity.
JUST IN – Bangladesh's national power grid collapses, causing a blackout for 140 million citizens.
Apart from parts of the county's northwest, "the rest of the country is without power," an official says.
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 4, 2022
They managed to restore power and blamed a “glitch” for the issues.
Power back in Bangladesh after grid glitch forces 7-hour blackout https://t.co/nfZtKXDSzv
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 5, 2022
They’ve had issues sourcing energy and the country has already been experiencing rolling blackouts.
Bangladesh has just suffered its worst blackout in 8 years, plunging half of the country (nearly 100 million people) into the darkness.
The country has been struggling to import LNG as it got priced out by European nations | #EnergyCrisis #Bangladesh https://t.co/HHU4l2QMCv https://t.co/irTYSo5790
— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) October 5, 2022
Bangladesh as a third world country should not be expected to have the greatest infrastructure, but this is a fairly sizable failure.
Maybe this also has something to do with their troubles.
The West is becoming the third world and the third world is becoming even more third world.
