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Tag: Power Failures and Blackouts

Puerto Ricans Expand the Scope of ‘American Art’ at the Whitney

For many North Americans, the lasting news image of Hurricane Maria, the monster storm that laid waste to Puerto Rico in 2017, wasn’t of...

Storm Moves Into the Northeast After Heavy Snow in the South

A strong winter storm that coated highways in the Carolinas and Georgia with ice and knocked out power to nearly 200,000 customers headed early...

Tornadoes Tear Through South and Midwest, With at Least 70 Dead in Kentucky

Several tornadoes touched down in Kentucky, one of them traveling for more than 200 ruinous miles. At least 70 people had been killed in...

Old Power Gear Is Slowing Use of Clean Energy and Electric Cars

Seven months after workers finished installing solar panels atop the Garcia family home near Stanford University, the system is little more than a roof...

China Power Outages Close Factories and Threaten Growth

DONGGUAN, China — Power cuts and even blackouts have slowed or closed factories across China in recent days, adding a new threat to the...

Why Louisiana’s Electric Grid Failed in Hurricane Ida

Just weeks before Hurricane Ida knocked out power to much of Louisiana, leaving its residents exposed to extreme heat and humidity, the chief executive...

Climate Change Calls for Backup Power, and One Company Cashes In

Living on the South Carolina coast means living under the threat of dangerous weather during storm season. But the added peril of the pandemic...

Nearly a Week Without Power, New Orleans Is Facing a ‘Race With the Clock’

NEW ORLEANS — When Stephanie Crier emerged from her New Orleans apartment last week after hunkering down for Hurricane Ida, she was relieved to...

Louisiana Nursing Home Residents, Evacuated Before the Storm, Died in New Facility, State Says

BROUSSARD, La. — Four Louisiana nursing home residents who were evacuated ahead of Hurricane Ida have died, state officials said on Thursday, and state...

Hurricane Ida Exposes Grid Weaknesses as New Orleans Goes Dark

Most of New Orleans went dark on Sunday after Hurricane Ida took out transmission lines and forced power plants offline. It was an all...

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