Power failure hits Bahrain
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A total power blackout has hit Bahrain, leaving the entire country without electricity and air conditioning at a time when temperatures have risen above 50C.
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Trees falling on power-lines have caused a number of power outages in Southern Finland on Friday morning, as a violent autumn storm sweeps across the country.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - About 790,000 people remained without power in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, and officials estimated it could take weeks to get electricity fully restored...
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Power came back hours after a rare outage  caused by an industrial accident affected large areas of Tokyo  on Monday, darkening homes and offices, trapping people in  elevators and disrupting transport and computer systems.
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Three motorists die and thousands of homes suffer power cuts as winds over 100mph hit parts of the UK.
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Nearly a quarter-million homes and businesses still had no electricity Monday as the city struggled to recover from last week's devastating thunderstorms.
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Mudslides caused by monsoon rains buried bamboo and straw shacks in shantytowns and collapsed brick houses in southeastern Bangladesh Monday, killing at least 80 people. Another 11 died when they were struck by lightning, rescue officials and witnesses said.
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By Michael Milstein, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Jun. 21--The crisis grew clear after midnight when the display in front  of Cathy Schaufelberger showed her that power could soon run out for untold  numbers of people.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad  - A strong earthquake rocked Venezuela and Trinidad on Friday, knocking out power across much of the Caribbean island and sending thousands of people into the streets.
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More than 200 people were killed as torrential rain and thunderstorms lashed the Pakistani port city of Karachi, destroying hundreds of homes and causing widespread power outages on Sunday.
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Power is returning to many residents in the Bay Area this morning with all outages expected to end by 1 pm today, a Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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Iraq has been plagued by electrical shortages since the U.S. invasion, but the blackouts have gotten worse this summer. Besides decaying infrastructure and insurgent attacks, a bumbling bureaucracy and local power rebellions are to blame.
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Businesses and homes in central London suffered a second straight day of power cuts that left part of the British capital's buzzing tourist zone without electricity.
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A major power outage hit Barcelona on Monday, snarling traffic, hobbling public transportation and knocking out electricity to homes and businesses in much of Spain's second-largest city.
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More than 91,000 homes and businesses remained without power early Tuesday. Overnight temperatures in the state in the past week have dipped into the teens
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New York, Sept. 5. (PTI): Winds howling in excess of 170 km per hour and huge tidal waves toppled power lines leaving more than two million people without power, brought down trees, tore up roads and sent
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Hurricane Ivan knocked out power to more than 1.2 million homes and businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida after slamming into the US Gulf Coast early Thursday, local power companies said.