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Power cuts in Sri Lanka
Power cuts of up to 13 hours in some areas in Sri Lanka. Though the government has said the duration of the power cuts will be reduced gradually, the power cut were extended mainly due to lack of fuel amid severe shortage of US dollars.
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Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rico's homes without power after outage
Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico still were without power Saturday, more than two days after the start of an island-wide outage that began with a fire at a power plant.
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Affected by power outages in Taiwan
Over 4,000 households in Taiwan region's New Taipei city and Kaohsiung city were hit by power outages. The major power outage in New Taipei city was caused by underground cable failure, while the power cut in Kaohsiung city was caused by an accident at a power substation where repairs were underway.
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Darkness after sudden power cut
Hundreds of homes were plunged into darkness after a sudden power cut in Merseyside. Service was later restored.
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Power cuts after faulty electrical cable
Power Network has warned people living in Seaford have had of an unexpected power outage in the town. Engineers were working to resolve the problem, which was suspected to be a faulty underground electricity cable
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Bristol power cut
Homes in a number of postcode areas across Bristol have been left without power for hours this morning. Western Power Distribution has confirmed the incident has affected many properties. Engineers are working to restore power after the outage was reported just before 9am.
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Northumberland couple hit out at power cut compensation
A couple who moved into their home on the day Storm Arwen struck say they have been refused full compensation despite six days without power. Ben Walker rents a house in Sharperton in Northumberland, but his and his neighbour's electricity comes via sub meters off their landlady's supply.
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Kenya got hit by a third countrywide power outage
Kenya on Jan 11. suffered its third countrywide power outage in four years, with the entire country plunged into a blackout for almost four hours after a transmission line broke.
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Amersham power cut leaves hundreds of homes
A total of 1,984 homes were initially affected in and around Amersham, with UK Power Networks reporting there are still 483 properties affected. The power cut was first reported at around 6.11pm.
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Power cut advice issued ahead of Storm Arwen
An energy network provider has issued advice about staying safe a power cut ahead of Storm Arwen. The storm is forecast to bring heavy rain and up to 75mph winds to the UK this weekend. As a result, SP Energy Networks has issued safety advice to help keep people in Cheshire safe. Storm Arwen will be the UK’s first official storm of winter.
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Families left in darkness
Homes were left in darkness on Christmas Day as the power went off leaving people with no lights and no way of cooking their turkeys. Parts of Bootle, the area around Park Lane, were left in darkness for up to three hours on Christmas Day.
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Power cut hits Largs
A power cut hit properties in Largs. A spokesperson for Largs Community Resilience said their control centre attempt to reset the network remotely to restore power in stages. A couple of hours later, service was restored.
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The first compensation cheques for hundreds of thousands of people hit by power cuts caused by Storm Arwen have been posted out, a power firm has said. The storm on 26 November knocked out power for more than 240,000 customers in the North East and Cumbria.
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Power cut in Rossendale
More than 1,200 properties in and around Rossendale were without electricity after a power cut. Service was later restored.
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Major power outage
Sri Lanka suffered a power outage across large parts of the island on Friday, local media reported, as state power workers scrambled to get a key transmission line operational.
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Storm Arwen power cuts
Some of those who lost power due to Storm Arwen will have to wait at least two more days to be reconnected, electricity companies have said. About 30,000 households have spent five nights without power so far since gusts of nearly 100mph hit parts of the UK. The energy companies said they had reconnected about a million homes. Energy regulator Ofgem said it would examine the speed of energy companies' responses and the resilience of the UK power network in extreme weather.
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More than 500 homes left without power
More than 500 homes and businesses were without power in Consett. Northern Powergrid have shared an update saying that while 951 people have had their power restored, 536 are still without in the DH8 postcode.
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More than 300 homes hit by power cut
A power cut originally affected 670 homes in the area between Great Fransham, Bittering and Brakefield Green.
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Three nights without electricity
After three nights without electricity, residents in the parts of Scotland worst affected by Storm Arwen are growing weary.
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Power cut safety advice issued
A spokesman for Electricity North West said that They were investigating the issue, that caused the power cut.
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Power cut in Tonge Moor
A total of 255 customers were affected in the transport bosses have urged motorists to approach the junction of Crompton Way and Tonge Moor Road with caution.
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Power cut in Stockport
Hundreds of homes have been left without electricity after a power cut in Stockport. More than 500 properties in areas with a SK3 and SK4 postcode have been left with no power this morning.
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Power restored in Manchester
Electricity restored after 7,000 properties across Salford and Manchester lose power
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Massive power cut around the country
South Africa’s crisis-hit power supplier has extended daily electricity blackouts from over two hours to more than seven in most parts of the country. masive