Power outage news worldwide, before 2021 (Page 72)

Go to the main page Power outage news from around the world (before 2021) to see power blackouts around the world before 2021.

For power failure news after 2021 visit one of the following pages:
Power Cut News in the UK
Power Outage News in the US
Power Outage News in Canada
Power Outage News in Australia and New Zealand
Power outage news from around the world

For prompt power outage notifications to your phone see a power failure alarm.

iSocket

5.0 (based on 11 reviews)

iSocket for power outages monitoring in the United States and Canada

 This is a great product. It has saved us lots of headaches during natural disasters such as the most recent hurricanes in Louisiana. We have this in over four states and 30 offices that we support. The product works great and as advertised. We know when the power goes out, and therefore we can take remediating action much faster than waiting on the next time staff is in office. We look forward to engaging more of our management team in receiving these alerts and streamline communication about outages in our organization.

 This is a great product. It has saved us lots of headaches during natural disasters such as the most recent hurricanes in Louisiana. We have this in over four states and 30 offices that we support. The [...]

5.0 By from United States

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Remember, the cost of the damage from a power outage can be considerably more than the cost of a solution that will send you power outage notifications. And remember, power failure alerting is not the only feature iSocket offers you.
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A transformer failure cause power outage in Lafayette, Louisiana USA.

Power outage in Lafayette caused by transformer failure

LUS officials say a power outage that occurred in Lafayette was due to a transformer failure.
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No power, no festival - power outage in Trenton.

Power outage shuts down Trenton summer festival

Live wires that provide power to vendors along festival route snapped and were dangling down at more than five different spots Sunday afternoon. In one spot, they fell right on top of a man's concession...
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Fargo probably the most sensitive region to power outages. Another outage happened.

Power outage in north Fargo

Xcel Energy reports about 373 customers are affected in an area of north Fargo near the Fargodome, and University Drive north. Xcel reports that power should be restored about 7:00 p.m. Sunday evening.
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Ausgrid reported power outage to 1300 homes & businesses in parts of Kanwal, Wyongah & Wyong, Australia.

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“Power is out to about 1300 homes & businesses in parts of Kanwal, Wyongah & Wyong. Emergency crews on way to get it back safely”
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An underground cable fault was responsible for a power cut in the Halliwell area, Bolton, UK.

Power cut leaves more than a thousand homes in Bolton without electricity

A spokesperson for ENW said the engineers were quickly on scene to rectify the problem and the apologised for any inconvenience caused by the cut.
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No power, no rains - power outage in downtown Portland.

Green, Orange, Yellow MAX lines disrupted during power outage

The Green, Orange and Yellow lines are disrupted, and no trains are running between Portland State University and the Rose Quarter.
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The fire knocked out power for about 8 hours at the Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine.

Wildfire at Golden Sunlight Mine causes power outage, shutdown on Saturday

A range fire fueled by Saturday’s high winds prompted a hourslong power outage at the Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine in Whitehall, the mine's general manager said Sunday.
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A vehicle hit and damaged an equipment and caused power failure in the St. Claude neighborhood, New Orleans.

North Claiborne Avenue car wreck causes power outage, blocks traffic Sunday morning

About 400 Entergy customers were without power.
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Power outage in Huntsville, Alabama was caused when a section of cable failed near the intersection of Howe Avenue and Dallas Street in Old Town.

Madison County power outage updates

UPDATE 12:15 p.m. Sunday: According to Huntsville Utilities, power has been restored in northeast Huntsville. The outage was caused when a section of cable failed near the intersection of Howe
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Power outages are for the birds! 5,000 customers are out of power in Northampton, Massachusetts USA. The issue originated at the West Street substation where birds got in... “Obviously not a happy ending for the birds or the squirrel unfortunately” said Mayor Narkewicz.

Power outage engulfs Northampton

A massive power outage has overtaken Northampton on Saturday afternoon, and officials believe birds are the cause.Dana Simone, spokeswoman for National Grid, originally said customers should expect to...