Netizens are having a field day, thanks to Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji’s comments on squirrels running on overhead power lines and causing disruptions in service.

Twitter trends 'squirrels' after TN minister blamed them for causing power outages

Another explosive event from La Soufriere volcano triggered power cuts and water outages in some areas of Sanit Vincent island, while ash clouds began to cover parts of Barbados islands.

Power outages on St Vincent island amid volcano tremors

Millions of people in Texas continued to shiver in cold as they were forced to spend winter days with no electricity. The oil and gas capital of the US is witnessing unusual winter storm that pummeled southeastern part of the country.

Texas continues to shiver amid power outage, more than 20 deaths reported

Poor maintenance and subsequent failure of the protection system in the national grid led to one of the worst power outages faced by Pakistan last week, the Dawn reported on Monday.

Failure of safeguards led to power outage in Pakistan

Cities of Pakistan plunge into darkness on Saturday, following huge blackout due to fault in the power distribution system in the region.

Massive power outage in Pakistan following national grid breakdown

The entire nation of Sri Lanka was left without power Monday in a seven-hour outage following a failure at a key electricity facility, officials said. Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma said an unspecified "technical issue" at the Kerawalapitiya power complex just outside the capital Colombo was the cause of the blackout, which hit the entire nation of 21 million people at about midday.

Sri Lanka plunged into darkness after power outage hits entire nation

ESports star Myint was on the cusp of victory when the screens went dark in the Yangon cafe where he competes, costing him thousands of dollars in missed prize-money and denting his reputation.

Armed with smartphones, Myanmar e-sports players battle power outages

All of the power was restored late Saturday (July 13) night after a wide swath of New York's Manhattan borough was plunged into darkness after a transformer explosion knocked out power to subways, stores and Broadway theaters.

Power is restored in New York after partial blackout

Road and train traffic was also stopped by the authorities in order to ensure the safety of travellers

Amsterdam's Schiphol airport temporarily closed after power outage

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