41.   The smell of natural gas hung over the site and the buzz of portable generators was in the air.

42.   The smell of natural gas and the sound of portable generators hung over the site.

43.   There, a few trailers were lined up, and a portable generator providing them with electricity whined across the empty space.

44.   Thousands turned to using wood stoves, barbecue stoves and portable generators to supply heat.

45.   Jaffna is presently given electricity with small portable generators set up by the military at strategic locations within the main town and at provincial hospitals.

46.   Noisy portable generators were heard in the blacked out sections.

47.   Schools closed, banks worked half day and long queues formed outside a handful of gasoline stations operating with the help of portable generators Friday.

48.   Schools closed, banks worked half day and long queues formed outside a handful of gasoline stations operating with portable generators.

49.   The authorities sent portable generators to restart the main water pumping station but Colombo remained in the grip of a serious drinking water shortage.