Bangladesh rocked by power cuts as deadly cyclone hits gas supply

People move fallen trees from a road at Shah Porir Dwip after the landfall of cyclone Mocha in Teknaf, Bangladesh, May 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jibon Ahmed

DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh faced its worst power cuts in over seven months as a deadly storm forced both its floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals shut, less than a month after a scorching heatwave caused widespread outages in the south Asian country.

Millions of Bangladeshi citizens have been hit by frequent power cuts in recent months, as erratic weather patterns and high global energy prices have made fuel supply to power plants unreliable.