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Power Back In Spain, Portugal After Crippling Blackout
Spain and Portugal recovered their electricity supply and a semblance of normalcy on Tuesday after a crippling blackout of unknown causes that disrupted daily life for millions.
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Highlights: Millions Across Spain, Portugal Face Sudden Power Outage
Spain Power Outage: Millions are facing a power outage in Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France. The cause for the outage was not immediately identified.
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Sri Lanka Is Facing A Nationwide Power Outage. The Reason Is A Monkey
An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government officials said.
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Millions Of People In Cuba Without Power After Grid Collapse
Cuba said it had begun restoring power after the island's electrical grid collapsed, the latest in a string of nationwide blackouts that underscore the increasingly frail state of the country's power generation system.
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Power Outage In Cuba As Electrical Grid Collapses For 2nd Time Within Hours
Cuba's electrical grid collapsed again early on Saturday morning, state-run media reported, plunging the entire country into blackout for a second time just hours after authorities announced they had begun reestablishing service.
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Cuba Plunges Into Countrywide Darkness As National Power Grid Fails
Cuba plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed and caused the national electrical grid to shut down, its energy ministry said.
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Ship With Indian Crew Lost Power Twice Before Hitting Baltimore Bridge
The container ship that collided with a major bridge in Baltimore, collapsing it within seconds, suffered two electricity blackouts in the moments before the disaster, a preliminary report by federal investigators released Tuesday said.
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Blackouts Hit 3 Ukrainian Regions After Russia Fires Missiles Overnight
Ukraine warned Friday that Russian air attacks were putting its electricity supply under "increasing threat", hours after strikes damaged power stations and killed at least one person.
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Sri Lanka Left Without Electricity Due To System Failure: Official
Sri Lanka is experiencing a countrywide power outage due to a system failure, a government official said on Saturday.
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Power Plant Was On "Verge Of Nuclear Accident": Ukraine After Blackout
Ukraine said Saturday that two power lines connecting its electricity grid to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant were cut overnight, putting the plant at risk of an "accident".
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Solar Storm 14,300 Years Ago Created Radiocarbon Spike, Scientists Find
A team of scientists has discovered a huge spike in radiocarbon levels 14,300 years ago by analyzing ancient tree rings found in the French Alps.
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How Pakistan Handled One Of Its Largest-Ever Blackouts
Electricity is being restored in Pakistan after a nationwide blackout and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation into the grid failure that's added to the country's struggle with surging energy costs.
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Over 500 Localities Without Power: Ukraine
More than 500 Ukrainian localities remained without power Sunday following weeks of Russian airstrikes on the electric grid, an interior ministry official said.
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Russia, Declared "Terror State" By EU Lawmakers, Batters Ukraine Grid
Fresh Russian strikes battered Ukraine's already failing electricity grid, causing blackouts across the war-torn nation and in neighboring Moldova, in attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told UN were "an obvious crime against humanity".
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Electricity Supplies Recovering After Russia Attacks: Ukraine's Zelensky
Ukrainian electricity supplies are recovering after concerted Russian attacks on generating plants but emergency blackouts may still be needed, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.
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Power Back In Spain, Portugal After Crippling Blackout
Spain and Portugal recovered their electricity supply and a semblance of normalcy on Tuesday after a crippling blackout of unknown causes that disrupted daily life for millions.
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Highlights: Millions Across Spain, Portugal Face Sudden Power Outage
Spain Power Outage: Millions are facing a power outage in Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France. The cause for the outage was not immediately identified.
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Sri Lanka Is Facing A Nationwide Power Outage. The Reason Is A Monkey
An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government officials said.
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Millions Of People In Cuba Without Power After Grid Collapse
Cuba said it had begun restoring power after the island's electrical grid collapsed, the latest in a string of nationwide blackouts that underscore the increasingly frail state of the country's power generation system.
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Power Outage In Cuba As Electrical Grid Collapses For 2nd Time Within Hours
Cuba's electrical grid collapsed again early on Saturday morning, state-run media reported, plunging the entire country into blackout for a second time just hours after authorities announced they had begun reestablishing service.
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Cuba Plunges Into Countrywide Darkness As National Power Grid Fails
Cuba plunged into a countrywide blackout on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed and caused the national electrical grid to shut down, its energy ministry said.
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Ship With Indian Crew Lost Power Twice Before Hitting Baltimore Bridge
The container ship that collided with a major bridge in Baltimore, collapsing it within seconds, suffered two electricity blackouts in the moments before the disaster, a preliminary report by federal investigators released Tuesday said.
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Blackouts Hit 3 Ukrainian Regions After Russia Fires Missiles Overnight
Ukraine warned Friday that Russian air attacks were putting its electricity supply under "increasing threat", hours after strikes damaged power stations and killed at least one person.
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Sri Lanka Left Without Electricity Due To System Failure: Official
Sri Lanka is experiencing a countrywide power outage due to a system failure, a government official said on Saturday.
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Power Plant Was On "Verge Of Nuclear Accident": Ukraine After Blackout
Ukraine said Saturday that two power lines connecting its electricity grid to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant were cut overnight, putting the plant at risk of an "accident".
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Solar Storm 14,300 Years Ago Created Radiocarbon Spike, Scientists Find
A team of scientists has discovered a huge spike in radiocarbon levels 14,300 years ago by analyzing ancient tree rings found in the French Alps.
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How Pakistan Handled One Of Its Largest-Ever Blackouts
Electricity is being restored in Pakistan after a nationwide blackout and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation into the grid failure that's added to the country's struggle with surging energy costs.
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Over 500 Localities Without Power: Ukraine
More than 500 Ukrainian localities remained without power Sunday following weeks of Russian airstrikes on the electric grid, an interior ministry official said.
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Russia, Declared "Terror State" By EU Lawmakers, Batters Ukraine Grid
Fresh Russian strikes battered Ukraine's already failing electricity grid, causing blackouts across the war-torn nation and in neighboring Moldova, in attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told UN were "an obvious crime against humanity".
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Electricity Supplies Recovering After Russia Attacks: Ukraine's Zelensky
Ukrainian electricity supplies are recovering after concerted Russian attacks on generating plants but emergency blackouts may still be needed, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.
