Large parts of Bangladesh were left without power for several hours after a failure of the country’s national grid.
Tag: Biggest Blackouts in History
We delve into the archives so you can learn about some of the biggest blackouts in history.
From Brazil and Argentina in South America, to India and Pakistan in Asia, Italy in Europe, Northeastern USA & Canada in North America, and South Australia in Oceania, we feature power cuts from across the world.
Many of these power failures affected tens or even hundreds of millions of people! Some lasted for mere minutes. While others dragged on for hours or even days.
Find out about the latest blackouts by following our Power News updates. Or if you want to delve a little deeper, check out our Power Insights form more in-depth analysis of global power problems.
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St Jude Storm winds touching nearly 100 mph bring death and destruction to south-east England leaving up to 850,000 homes without electricity in October 2013.
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A “once in 50 years” storm causes a complete grid failure in South Australia leaving 1.7 million residents without electricity.
Read More “Biggest Blackouts In History: South Australia 2016” »
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Breakdown of electricity lines from neighbouring countries causes blackout affecting almost all of Italy and its 57 million population.
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Counting down some biggest blackouts the world has ever seen including electrical interruptions that left hundreds of millions of people in the dark.
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October 1987 saw the biggest storm to hit southern parts of the UK in almost 300 years kill 18 people, cause billions of pounds of damage and leave hundreds of thousands of homes without power.
Read More “Biggest Blackouts In History: The Great Storm Of 1987” »
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Storm Ciara causes travel chaos and leaves large parts of England and Wales without electricity.
Read More “Storm Ciara Causes Power Cuts Affecting More Than 770,000 People” »
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Auckland loses power… again. We take a look at the history of blackouts that have plagued New Zealand’s largest city, including an infamous incident that took five weeks to resolve.
Read More “History Repeating – Auckland Struck By The Blackout Blues” »
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More than 30 million people across Northeastern USA and Canada in the dark for up to 13 hours following transmission line failure near Niagara Falls.
Read More “Biggest Blackouts In History: Northeastern USA & Canada 1965” »
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The Northeastern Blackout of August 2003 left 55 million people across eight states and parts of Canada without electricity.
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