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Chaos caused by a power cut in Leigh on Sea
Faults to underground power cables have left homes in two south Essex postcode areas without power for several hours throughout yesterday evening and this morning. Crews were working to restore the service as soon as they can.
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Systems improved after power failure in Johannesburg
Johannesburg Water authority says its systems are steadily improving after a power failure at the Vereeniging purification plant infrastructure. The authority says the pumping system is making steady progress after the water supply was affected for the past two days which affected pumping capacity at the bulk supplier’s Eikenhof pump station leaving most of the serviced areas without water supply.
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Water supply interruption due to power failure
Umgeni Water says the plant has not been receiving power for a while, meaning they are unable to treat water to drinking standards. Umgeni Water is responsible for the supply of drinking water to the eThekwini metro. Contractors are doing everything they can to restore the power supply as quickly as possible.
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Two power cuts in north Essex have left homes without power
A planned outage is affecting properties in the CO5 7 postcode area, which includes Peldon, Abberton, and Little Wigborough. The outage is necessary to carry out planned engineering works safely.
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Power cuts due to strong winds
Storm Otto is expected to cause affectations, bringing extreme strong winds. A severe 12-hour weather warning has been issued for parts of Yorkshire as strong outbreaks of rain and wind are expected to cause disruption to travel.
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Plymouth homes plunged into darkness
More than 2,000 Plymouth homes have been hit by a power cut. Residents in the Lipson and St Judes areas have reported outages. Crewa were working to restore service
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Swindon suburb left with no electricity
A Swindon suburb were hit with a power outage leaving several residents without electricity for hours. There were five postcodes in the affected area and SSEN estimates that many customers were affected the power cut.
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Birnin Kebbi residents lament power outage
Birnin Kebbi residents have decried incessant power outage caused by Kaduna Electric Distribution Company (KAEDCO), which according to them, has paralysed socio-economic activities in the area. Businessmen and shop owners are badly affected, the excessive power outage has almost crippled their businesses due to insufficient supply of power on daily basis.
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Storm Noa causes injuries, power cuts and chaos
Wreckage lines the roads and hundreds of properties have been left without power as Storm Noa continues to wreak havoc across the UK. A woman was sriously injured after strong winds in Fareham caused scaffolding to fall on top of he
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Tesco and Everlast Gym evacuated after power cut
Close to 600 properties in Gloucester were without electricity as a result of a major power cut. People were reportedly evacuated from the Tesco Superstore and Everlast gym on St Oswalds Road. The outage was said to be a 'High Voltage' incident. This means the power cut was widespread and could affect a large area.
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Power cut affected almost 2500 properties
Around 2,400 Goole homes were left without power after Northern Powergrid confirmed a major technical issue. The power cut affected most properties in the DN14 5 and DN14 6 area of East Yorkshire. Northern Powergrid estimated that power was restored a couple of hours later.
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Homes plunged into darkness across 10 regions
Thousands of homes were without power with properties across 10 regions of the UK affected by the outage. The worst affected area was West Sussex with almost 30,000 homes without electricity and the next worst is said to be Greater London with reports of 326 without power.
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Outages fixed in Sussex following power cuts
Thousands of households across Sussex were left without power following a fault on the electricity network. More than 30,000 homes as well as several schools and businesses in West Sussex lost power for hours due to the outage.
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Nearly 40,000 Brits without electricity in 10 regions
Brits across the south-east and east of England have been hit by a number of power cuts that have left tens of thousands of people without electricity. The power outage comes as the UK is battered by artic conditions this week and suffers through one of the coldest March nights in a decade.
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Power cut in Lancaster
Nearly 100 homes and businesses were without electricity after a power cut in Lancaster. A spokesman for Electricity North West said that this power cut was caused by an unexpected incident on the high voltage cable that provides electricity to homes and businesses. A couple of hours later, service was restored.
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UK could face electricity power cuts
The UK could face power cuts later this month, as workers employed at Drax power station in Yorkshire take strike action in a dispute over pay.
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Braced for long power cuts
Three-hour-long power cuts are on the cards for Kirklees following a warning issued by the National Grid. This comes as the UK struggles with an increasing demand for energy.
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More than 1,300 properties without power
Hundreds of homes in a Gloucestershire town were without power after a power outage. The energy company said that 1,363 properties in the Nailsworth area were off the grid. This is a high voltage incident meaning these incidents tend to be larger, crews repaired services a couple of hours later.
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Thousands of homes without power after outage
Crawley, Horsham and East Grinstead were all affected by power cuts. A variety of reasons caused the outages, including faults in underground cables and emergency repair work. The northwest section of Horsham was affected by a separate power cut, with numerous homes seemingly without power.
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Power cuts due to equipment failure
A number of power cuts in part of East Belfast were affecting over 3,000 customers. The first of the faults were reported in the Sydenham area, with Northern Ireland Electricity saying the outage is due to an "equipment failure.
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Hundreds of homes without electricity for more than six hours
Hundreds of homes and businesses were left without electricity for more than six hours in Leicester overnight and this morning. The utility firm, which operates and maintains the electricity supply in the East Midlands, said that a total of 1,755 properties were affected by the sudden outage.
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Power failure reported in Cuba
The Cuban Electric Union reported that the provinces from Cienfuegos to Guantanamo were without power. The event is associated with a fault in the 220 kV Matanzas-Santa Clara and Matanzas-Cienfuegos lines. Specialists from the sector began the restoration process and the causes of the failure are being investigated
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Huge power cut hits in Stockport
A widespread power cut hit more than 1,000 properties in Stockport, Electricity North West has revealed. They said the outage was reported in the SK6 postcode area as well as surrounding areas. The cause was an unexpected incident on the high voltage cable.
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Kazakhstan again struggling with power outages
Households and enterprises in seven regions across Kazakhstan were temporarily knocked off the power grid as temperatures dropped to around -14 degrees Celsius over the weekend, in fresh evidence of how the country is struggling to cope with inexorably mounting demand for electricity. State-run power grid operator KEGOC said in a statement that the need to effect an emergency suspension of transmissions on a high-voltage power line led to a 10 percent reduction in capacity.
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