Power outages around the world (Page 17)

The coastal town is preparing for a power outage lasting days. Western Power has confirmed that the power outages are more likely to happen but can not confirm on how many days those will last.

In the early morning it was confirmed by Western Power that a power cut affected hundreds of properties in Plymouth. The cause was a fault in the Western Power's underground network.

Most of the electricity issues will be resolved by the end of the day, however many others will take longer to be repaired. This is the the current power situation in Norfolk where a power cut affected thousands of properties.

A power cut affected the Bourne area due to a fault in Western Power Distribution's high voltage network, thousand of properties have been left without power.

In Rotorua, the closed museum undergoing renovations suffered a power failure to its power generator. The Rotorua Lakes Council arts and culture was informed by a tripped fuse. The generator costed $17,000 and the temporary power supply $7,000 to the ratepayers.

Great news for Aberdeen. Electricity supply upgrades costing more than £1 million have been completed. Such upgrades will reduce the risk of power cuts in an Aberdeen community.

The semi dependent island of Jersey in the English Channel has been threatened by France of getting a power cut if the situation over the permission to access its fishing waters to French vessels won't be solved promptly.

Gwynedd and Anglesey were the most affected area by strong winds and heavy rain that left many businesses and homes without power. In particular Scottish Power has reported power losses in the Pwllheli, Amlwch and Pen-y-Sarn areas.

The UK Power Networks engineers were kept busy trying to reestablish power in many areas of Norfolk. Indeed, the only remaining live power cut in Norfolk and Waveney is in the Blundeston area, between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. The gusts of wind were so powerful to uproots dozens of trees.

The UK was hit with incredible force by gusts of winds reaching 75mph. The damages are great, from uprooted trees to having both Western Power Distribution and Scottish Power Energy Networks suffering power outages. Berkshire was heavily hit, the worst affected areas were Conwy, Gwynedd and Anglesey.

In Nottingham, more specifically in Daybrook area, Western Power Distribution has confirmed that at 12:56 a power cut occured leaving 273 homes and businesses without energy. Supplies are expected to be restored by around 2:30 pm Monday 3 April.

It is has been reported that if rain will not arrive in the next few months in New Zealand, the population and infrastructure of the country will have to face two major problems. One is higher prices for the consumption of energy.

The second which maybe is even larger, will be a series of blackouts in the country. The tide is certainly out at Lake Pukaki. Storage levels across the South Island's hydro lakes are around two-thirds of what they usually are supposed to be.

Rain could rebalance the situation by rising the water storage levels so to rehabilitate power production and therefore supply major areas in the country with energy. The experts say that there is nothing to worry for the moment but the potential threat of blackouts remains, with the dry patterns forecast to stick around for at least the first half of winter.

A power cut caused oxygen supply interruption and two patients died in a hospital in the Netherlands. The power failure at the MUMC hospital in Maastricht was not detected immediately. The outage led to the deaths of a 76-year-old and 67-year-old men.

A power cut in Swinton, UK caused as believed by an ‘unexpected incident’ affecting high voltage cables. The power cut hits about 300 properties. Power supply interrupted to homes with a M27 postcode - which includes the areas of Clifton, Newtown and Pendlebury.