Lebanon plunges into darkness 2
A woman peers over her balcony at her home in a residential building without electricity in the Bourj Hammoud suburb of Beirut, Lebanon on Sept. 2, 2021. Lebanon has been experiencing electrical outages as the state only provides 2-3 hours of electricity per day to Beirut, so people must rely on solar power and generators that require diesel fuel, which is not easy to obtain because it is sold on the black market at higher rates. For a private generator service, providers charge LL1 million or about $666.67 at the official exchange rate per 5 amps, enough to power an AC unit for on room, a cost higher than a month's rent for many Lebanese.