Power outages around the world (Page 15)
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Power outages hit several areas
Power failure reported after a drizzle in Karachi. Power consumers complained about shutdowns and outages in many areas. There could be threats of urban flooding and more failures because of the Monsoon season, which begins in Pakistan on July 1st and lasts till Sept 30.
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Car crash takes out the power in Auckland
A power outage caused by a car crash affected a large portion of central Auckland suburb Mt Eden. Service was later restored.
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Power cut fix delayed
People living in some areas of Norwich woke up without electricity in their homes. The problem started when a fault on a high voltage overhead electricity line. Power cut caused 150 homes to lose service.
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Power cuts in South Africa
The current power failures are devastating for businesses in all sectors of the economy and are creating hardship for citizens in South Africa, Busa said. The power utility says a number of generating units had gone down amid high power consumption because of the cold weather. Persistent load shedding will cripple South Africa’s economic recovery, without an urgent solution being found to the planned power cuts, said Economist Mike Schussler.
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No power supply for three days
Residents of Palampur lodged a protest over the power failure in their villages for the past three days. Villagers said it was difficult to stay without power supply in the scorching heat. Residents were forced to spend their nights in the open due to high temperatures at this time of the season.
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Power cut in more than 200,000 homes in Victoria
Power cut in more than 200,000 homes in Victoria. after wild winds and heavy rains lashed the state. The area had never experienced such a power cut before. A spokesman said that blackout in homes and stores could last up to a week.
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Fire caused a power cut
A shed was destroyed in a blaze which spread to a house in Shropshire. The fire caused a power cut to nearby properties.
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Power outage in South Yemen
Residents and businesses in South Haven experienced a nearly 10-hour power failure after a tree fell on a voltage line.
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Power cut in Oldham
More than 2000 properties left without power in Oldham. The power cut was caused by an 'unexpected incident' on one of Electricity North West's high voltage cables.
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Power failure left without water hospitals in Gauteng
Some Gauteng hospitals were left without water when Rand Water experienced power failure that affected water supply in many parts of the province.
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Wrexham area without electricity
A power cut in Wrexham area left hundreds of properties without electricity this morning. Scottish Power is investigating the reason of the outage.
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Power cut in Victoria due to floods
The floods caused a power cut in many areas in the Australian state of Victoria.
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Power failure at Ambatale plant
Water supply for several suburban areas of Colombo District was interrupted due to a power failure at the Ambatale Water Treatment Plant. Service was later restored.
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Power outage aggravates Iranians livelihood
Power failures have been brought under the spotlight in different parts of Iran. Officials blamed the blackouts on a natural gas shortage, a prolonged drought that disturbed the hydroelectricity plants, and the bitcoin mining in the country.
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Strong winds cause power outages around Illawarra
Endeavour Energy crews are continuing to safely restore power to 2100 homes after Sunday's damaging winds. The winds caused a large power outage around Illawarra's targeting homes and traffic lights.
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Power cut in Wilmslow
About 2000 homes were hit over the weekend in Wilmslow by a power cut. Electricity North West's engineers worked to restore power.
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Power cut in Preston
A power cut has affected 1300 homes in Preston over the weekend. Electricity North West have apologized and solved the issue about after six hours.
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Homes in Burton without power
Yesterday morning a power cut in Burton caused by a fault on the high voltage network belonging to Western Power Distribution meant that 1,196 homes had no power. The power should have been back by the end of the morning.
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Power cuts in the Scottish capital city
In Edinburgh big parts of the city are without electricity due to a power cut which left thousands of homes without power. The engineers are working to fix the fault.
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Power failure at Beawar
In Amrit Kaur Hospital while laborers digging to set up a new oxygen plant in the hospital, they accidentally struck the electricity cable causing a power failure. During this time a woman patient died. Relatives present on the spot accused the hospital of negligence and said that she died due to low oxygen pressure. The electricity was resumed a couple of hours later.
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Power failure in Iran
Many Iranian cities have suffered large power failures, that have disrupted factory production, hospital treatment, telecommunications, and people’s lives in general. Covid-19 patients are being endangered by the lack of an oxygen machine.
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Bihar is devastated because of the cyclone Yaas
In Patna were affected by unclean water inundating several streets. The waterlogging left power failures and most communication channels were reportedly disrupted. The Patna airport has suspended all flight operations. More than four persons died due to lightning.
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Power cut in Norfolk targets 1000 homes
More than 1000 homes in Norfolk have been affected by a power cut due to a high voltage overhead electricity line fault.
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Cat provokes power cut in small town
In Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire a cat was rescued from a power pole causing an unexpected power cut.