7 h. ago Met Office issues amber weather warning for rain amid risk of floods, power cuts and people being cut off

The amber warning comes into force at midnight and ends at 6pm

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62 h. ago Met Office issues 'intense' weather warning as flooding and power cut risks rise

The Met Office has warned Brits to expect persistent rain across multiple UK regions this week - with some areas facing power cuts and flooding, as well as a 'danger to life' risk

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5 d. ago Bahrain Darts Masters SUSPENDED due to ‘situation that has never happened before’ as ITV forced to apologise

THE BAHRAIN DARTS Masters was forced to stop abruptly – after the lights went out. In an embarrassing situation, there was a power failure at the Exhibition World Bahrain in Sakhir, which plunged the entire venue into darkness on day two. Gian van Veen and Danny Noppert were playing each other in the fourth and...

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5 d. ago ITV forced to cut darts feed as venue plunged into darkness and PDC issue statement

Gian van Veen and Danny Noppert saw their clash paused as the light went out in Bahrain during the quarter-final darts clash as the PDC travels across the Middle East

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7 d. ago Major fire breaks out at UK train station causing rail chaos as passengers evacuated and black smoke fills sky

A TRAIN station has been evacuated after a massive fire broke out. The blaze broke out by a train track in south London, and the power was cut off so firefighters could extinguish it. Trains were cancelled or delayed overnight, but are now running again. Thick plumes of smoke were filmed rising over the nearby...

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9 d. ago Water company boss faces calls to be moved on after 30,000 homes hit by shortages in ‘major incident’

Storm Goretti, burst water mains and a power cut are among the reasons why some customers are struggling with water pressure

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9 d. ago Major incident declared after 30,000 homes experiencing water shortages across South East

Storm Goretti, burst water mains and a power cut are among the reasons why some customers are struggling with water pressure

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1 week ago All flights to major UK airport are suspended with customers warned of four

A HUGE power outage has caused severe delays and flight diversions at a major UK airport. Birmingham Airport has had to halt all arrivals and delay flights, causing disruption for hundreds of holidaymakers. The National Air Traffic Service has apologised for the disruption explaining that poor weather conditions caused the power outage. This comes after...

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1 week ago Power cut 'traps' ambulance crew in depot as grandfather dies struggling to breathe

Peter Coates made a desperate call to 999 in the early hours - but it took ambulance crews more than 45 minutes to reach him.

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1 week ago Grandad died struggling to breathe after power outage which trapped 999 crew in depot

An ambulance was supposed to take a matter of minutes to reach Peter Coates, but arrived more than half an hour later after a power cut stalled the crew

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1 week ago Three missing as ‘catastrophic’ bushfires cut power to 90,000 Australian homes in 46C heat

Firefighters were battling around 30 active blazes across the state on Friday, with Victoria under the highest possible fire danger rating

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1 week ago Australia bushfires latest: Three missing as ‘catastrophic’ fires cut power to 90,000 homes in 46C heat

Several properties have been destroyed, and police said a man, woman and child remain unaccounted for

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1 week ago Berlin mayor faces calls to resign after playing tennis during city blackout

Kai Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming to public about his actions when outage beganEurope live – latest updatesBerlin’s mayor, Kai Wegner, is facing calls to resign after it emerged he opted to play tennis hours after a crippling blackout triggered by an arson attack hit a large swathe of the city, and then misled the public about it.Districts in the south-west of the German capital were gradually returning to normal after the longest power cut since the second world war as Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming about his actions when the outage began. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘How is it possible?’: Berliners demand answers after sabotage causes blackout

Arson attack that left parts of German capital in darkness for days stirs outrage over infrastructure insecurityEurope live – latest updatesWhen Silke Peters bought a crank radio and a camping stove just after the start of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, her husband thought she was “a little crazy”. “He put me down, only half-jokingly, as a prepper,” she said, referring to the kind of person who stockpiles in case of catastrophe.For almost four years, the items gathered dust in the cellar of the Peters’ two-room flat in Zehlendorf, a well-to-do district of Berlin. But in recent days the windup radio – with its inbuilt torch and charge point – has come into its own during Germany’s longest power cut since the second world war. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Grandad died with 999 crew trapped in station as power cut closed electric gates

Peter Coates, 62, was struggling to breathe after his oxygen machine stopped working, an inquest heard. An emergency response in Redcar, Yorks, was delayed by a power cut

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2 w. ago Over 200 properties hit by power cut in Greater Manchester as temperatures plunge to

Homes and properties in Tameside were struck by the power cut due to an 'unexpected incident'

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2 w. ago Leftwing militants claim responsibility for arson attack on Berlin power grid

Protest over climate crisis and AI has cut power to tens of thousands of homes which may take days to fully restoreGerman leftwing militants protesting over the climate crisis and AI have claimed responsibility for an arson attack that cut power to tens of thousands of households in Berlin.The fire that broke out on a bridge across the Teltow canal in the south-west of the capital early on Saturday could deprive up to 35,000 homes and 1,900 businesses of electricity – and in many cases heat – until 8 January, the grid company Stromnetz Berlin said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Met Office issues upgraded amber weather warning for Scotland as 40cm snow to fall

The national forecaster has warned of travel disruption, communities being cut off and power cuts amid a new warning

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3 w. ago Scots urged to make sure phones and batteries are charged before Thursday amid power cut fears

This comes as the Met Office updates its yellow weather warnings for New Years Day.

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3 w. ago Eurostar cancellations ruin New Year’s Eve travel plans amid power cut

Eurostar cancellations ruin New Year’s Eve travel plans amid power cut - LIVE  London Evening Standard

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