South Australia braced for a second night of severe weather Thursday, with tens of thousands of homes still without power after ‘catastrophic’ storms knocked out supply to the entire population.
The entire state of South Australia was without power on Wednesday after being pummelled by an "unprecedented" storm, with the blackout causing chaos as authorities warned of more wild weather.
A nationwide blackout that hit Kenya on Tuesday was caused by a monkey tripping a transformer at a hydropower plant, leading to the loss of more than 180 megawatts from the grid, power producer Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) said.
A rare power outage plunged a major section of the Philippine capital's main airport into darkness overnight, forcing flight cancellations that stranded thousands on Sunday.
From Sydney's Opera House to New York's Empire State Building and Paris's Eiffel tower, landmarks worldwide dimmed their lights on Saturday for the 10th edition of the Earth Hour campaign against climate change.
Sri Lanka announced lengthy daily power cuts nationwide as the state-run electricity monopoly struggled to restore supply after the island's worst blackout in 20 years.
Sri Lanka suffered its worst nationwide power cut in 20 years causing water shortages, transport and trade disruptions across the country, officials said.
