A huge floating island in Lake Victoria triggered a nationwide blackout in Uganda after clogging a turbine in a hydroelectric power station.
“It was at least two acres, almost two football size pitches,” an official, Simon Kasyate, told the BBC.
The outage caused a broadcast by President Yoweri Museveni on the Covid-19 crisis to be delayed by an hour.
Lake Victoria, shared by three East African countries, has for decades been invaded by water hyacinth.
Source: BBC
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