unspun world. we have been off air since december, and a lot has happened since then. the ukraine walk first. back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading, there were fears it would be a bad winter, and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but, ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power, and anyway, the winter was not that bad. now, some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might soon collapse over the next few months. who knows. president xijinping of over the next few months. who knows. president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague, and perhaps unsurprisingly, much more favourable
as there was a ripple effect. there are still parts of kyiv that the electricity is out. some people don t have water. some people have low-pressure water. the mayor of the city is asking people to turn off the lights. telling people that they need to save electricity when they can, because that will prevent the country sort of using rolling blackouts, but to the west of here, and to the south and east, also power generating stations were hit there. those citizens are having blackouts, and losses of water in those areas. what we are hearing from the power generating companies here, officials are saying, when it s power lines and small transformers that get hit, we can repair that fairly quickly, 48 hours, but the problem is the power stations in ukraine were
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deforestation, fire seasons, and fires caused by human actions. in laebanon, most of the country without power. the two major generating stations shut down because of a fuel crisis. lebanon s state-run news is reporting that residents blocked roads in several areas to protest. they say electricity will return gradually in the coming hours. china is finding it hard to balance its need for electricity with its growing efforts to combat climate change. the country has ordered dozens of coal mines to boost production as residents and businesses face ongoing power shortages. in some places the government has been forced to rasner gy during peak hours. cnn s selena wang has more. reporter: china has ordered 72 coal mines to boost production by nearly 100 million metric tons, according to chinese state media, the figure equivalent to 30% of china s monthly coal production. it s an example of china s
my fire department, city hall s under water, and about 80% of my residents are under water. and he s out there trying to make the best of it. so and i ve also seen some of the great aspects, ed. one thing i want to say, the better angels in people. it s amazing how you can see new jerseyians come together. a young woman from hoboken, whose basement apartment is flooded, has no idea what tomorrow brings. she s in a shelter helping other people, not even thinking about what tomorrow is for her. just one of many examples. senator, what can your residents expect? this is going to be a long road back, isn t it? it s going to be a slog. and just in hoboken, you re pumping 500 million gallons of water out so that you can get, you know, the wires recovered and then, ultimately, hopefully get the electricity back on. so this is going to be a slog. you know, we have substations, generating stations that got flooded. those, when we get those back online, something i asked the president mayb