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El aviso municipal indica que cortarán el suministro debido al calor.

El aviso municipal indica que cortarán el suministro debido al calor.
The municipal announcement indicates that they will cut the supply due to the heat.
From Lesson 276:Formal causal connectors (debido a, a causa de)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El aviso municipal indica que cortarán el suministro debido al calor.

Why is it debido al instead of debido a el?
Debido a means 'due to.' When it is followed by the masculine singular article el (the), the preposition a and the article el must combine to form the contraction al. So, 'due to the heat' becomes debido al calor.
Could I use a causa de instead of debido a in this sentence?
Yes, you could say a causa del calor. Both debido a and a causa de are formal ways to express cause, similar to 'due to' and 'because of' in English. Just remember that if you use a causa de, you must contract de + el into del.
Who is the 'they' in cortarán (they will cut)?
This is the 'impersonal they' (third-person plural). In Spanish, it is very common to use this form when the specific people doing the action aren't important or are obvious from context. Here, cortarán refers to the utility company or city workers, much like saying 'they are cutting the power' in English.
Can I leave out the word que after indica, just like we often drop 'that' in English?
No, in Spanish you cannot drop que. While in English you can say 'The announcement indicates they will cut...', in Spanish you must always include the connecting word que to link the two halves of the sentence: indica que cortarán.

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