Power outage news from around the world
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This power failure news is from Australia
Half a million customers without power in Victoria, Australia
People sharing their thoughts on the long lasting power outages. Hundreds of Victorians remain without power after last week's storms. Some are at relief centres and unable to work.
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This power failure news is from Switzerland
No Large Files Over Mobile Networks to Avoid Power Failures
Can you imagine Swiss government proposing restrictions on transmission large files over mobile networks? They did it! While a power failure scenario is considered unlikely, the Federal Council stated that sector-specific measures are also needed to prevent a collapse of the power supply in an emergency. Another sector, telecommunications, has drawn up proposals to reduce electricity consumption.
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Power cuts during surgery
Can you imagine power cuts during surgery? A BBC investigation has uncovered the scale of disruption to patient care caused by outdated NHS buildings and equipment. On one occasion, power was cut to an operating theatre where patients were "on the table" having implants inserted. It was not reinstated for 15 minutes.
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Pole-top fire causing a massive power cut
More than 4500 homes in Wonthella Australia were without power after a series of weather-induced pole fires triggered blackouts across the city and region. “Pole-top fires can occur during light drizzling rain or misty damp conditions when a combination of recent dust and pollution builds up to create paths or ‘tracks’ on the insulators, enabling electricity to jump across. This tracking electricity can heat elements of the pole infrastructure to a point where they smoulder and burn,” the spokesperson said.
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Properties hit by power cut in Stockport
More than 1,700 homes and businesses were hit by a power cut in Stockport. Engineers were in the scene to investigate and to restore service a couple of hours later.
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Into darkness after new power cut
The unplanned power cuts have affected thousands of homes across the UK, but engineers were trying to rectify the problem. More than 2,000 homes across 14 regions in the UK were hit with power cuts, according to the UK Power Networks. The power cuts, which were localized and unrelated, covered the South East England
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Power cut hits over 1,000 homes
More than 1,000 homes were without power after a huge power cut hit part of North Staffordshire. It comes as the area has been battered by heavy rain overnight as a yellow weather warning remains.
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Hundreds of homes without power
A power cut left hundreds of homes without power in parts of Hastings and St Leonards. An underground electricity cable has faulted on our high voltage network, causing an area-wide power cut.
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Hhundreds of homes without electricity in west Dorset
More than 700 addresses across parts of Dorchester and west Dorset, towards Bridport, were said to be experiencing issues. According to network SSEN, a fault was affecting 752 customers across 74 postcodes and an engineer worked to restore power. The company apologized for the loss of supply.
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Power Cuts Faster And Safer with drones help
UK Power Networks is deploying drones to help improve fault response along its rural networks and restore power quicker and safer. Heliguy trained eight pilots from UK Power Networks to help the firm adopt DJI drones. Electricity response teams are being equipped with drones to help restore customers’ power quickly and safely. UK Power Networks is exploring innovative ways in which drone technology can help improve fault response along its rural networks.
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Without electricity in huge power cut in Newcastle
More than 100 properties in Newcastle-under-Lyme were without power following a sudden outage. The incident was a low-voltage one. Crews restored service a couple of hours later.
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Residents report 'mass' power cuts
Homes across Glasgow have been left in darkness due to a mass power cut. Residents in dozens of postcodes were reporting outages with Maryhill, Springburn, city centre, Hillhead, Partick, Port Dundas, and Summerston. Crews restored services later.
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Without electricity in Clydebank
Hundreds of households across Clydebank have been plunged into darkness as power cut hit five regions. Crews were working to restore service and after a couple of hours later, service returned to customers.
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Without electricity in Norfolk
Hundreds of homes in Norfolk were left without electricity following an unplanned power cut. The loss of power happened earlier and affected villages around Harleston, near the Norfolk-Suffolk border, including Alburgh, Homersfield, Mendham and Metfield. UK Power Networks engineers fixed the issue.
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Cloudflare suffers systems outage due to power failure
Network delivery and security giant Cloudflare has experienced a multi-day outage on its control plane and analytics services. The systems suffered an outage, resulting in some customers being unable to access certain services.
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Power cut compensation payments
The energy regulator has lifted maximum compensation payment levels available to households and businesses from storm-related power cuts. Some affected customers were left without electricity for an unacceptable amount of time, received poor communication from their network operator
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Storm caused power cut
Hundreds of people in communities in the western Highlands were without electricity after several power cuts. The outages came after the start of Storm Babet, with a yellow warning for gales and wind gusts of up to 80mph now in force. It is not known if the power cuts are related to the storm, but the Met Office alert – which came into force at 3am – had warned that the north-west would experience some of the strongest winds.
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This power failure news is from South Africa
Utility Eskom expects lower power cuts in summer
Eskom had projected an unprecedented level of power cuts during the winter months. Although its most dire predictions did not materialise, the country still experienced 10 hours of power cuts for 39 days in winter and not a single day with uninterrupted supply.
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Upton Cross parties on despite power cuts
Not even intermittent power cuts across the community on the afternoon of the King’s coronation could put a damper on the celebrations at Upton Cross, near Liskeard.
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Huge power cut across affected many customers
Homes and businesses across two Kent towns were left without electricity. Engineers were called after the power cut in the Whitstable and Herne Bay area. The cause of the outage remind under investigation.
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Longest power outage
The most prolonged nationwide power outage in Kenyan memory remained a mystery as the government-owned power company blamed a failure at Africa’s largest wind farm, which laid the responsibility on the power grid instead. Some of Kenya’s more than 50 million people, including in the capital, Nairobi, saw power return almost 24 hours after the massive outage
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Masive power cut after explosion
An explosion at a power substation in southern France left tens of thousands of households across three departments without power. Homes were left on average without power for around an hour. It took up to four hours in the worst-hit areas for it to be restored.