In Ourense (Galicia), an elderly couple (81 and 77) and their son (56) died from carbon monoxide poisoning after using a generator to power a respirator during the blackout. In Alzira, a 46-year ...

The grassroots advocacy group The People's Union USA, led by John Schwarz, organized the first Amazon blackout in early March. Although The People's Union blackouts started at a similar time as ...

The blackout license plates are expected to become available Aug. 1, said David Finley, a spokesperson for the state Department of Transportation. There will be an additional $25 fee for the plate ...

A 30-minute blackout rehearsal was conducted at the Ferozepur Cantonment area in Punjab on Sunday (May 4, 2025) evening amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan following the April 22 ...

All lights will be switched off at the cantonment area in Punjab's Ferozepur tonight for half-an-hour from 9 pm to 9.30 pm in a blackout exercise amid heightened tension with Pakistan. To ensure ...

The electricity supply to the entire cantonment area was suspended and the vehicular movement halted for 30 minutes beginning 9 pm as the Ferozepur Cantonment Board conducted a mock drill on ...

Spain’s nationwide blackout this week is putting a spotlight on the potential vulnerabilities in its system that could offer lessons for other countries, as rapid electrification and the shift ...

Note: this is an update to an earlier article in which Portugal's grid operator is quoted citing a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” as a cause of the blackout. It has since denied issuing this statement.

For Spain and Portugal, last week's nationwide blackout may have felt unprecedented. But in India, we have lived through these already. In July 2012, a grid collapse caused 400 million Indians to ...

Rising summer temperatures pose a blackout threat to the UK’s electrical grid, with crucial equipment such as transformers and cabling ill-equipped to cope with the climate of the future.