7 h. ago Power grids on high alert as Arctic freeze coming for half the country

The Northeast is forecast to feel some of the harshest cold early next week with temperatures dropping to near single digits in the Boston area and the mid‑teens in New York

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8 h. ago Power grids on high alert as Arctic freeze coming for the Northeast and Midwest

The Northeast is forecast to feel some of the harshest cold early next week with temperatures dropping to near single digits in the Boston area and the mid‑teens in New York

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24 h. ago Mark Carney in China positions Canada for ‘the world as it is, not as we wish it’

PM’s visit to Beijing seen as a welcome reset to relations in a ‘new world order’ but critics worry what trade deal could mean for Canadian workersMark Carney’s trip to Beijing this week secured what he described as a “preliminary but landmark” trade deal and a recognition – welcomed by Beijing – that countries are operating in a “new world order”.Carney’s visit is the first time in nearly a decade that a Canadian prime minister has been welcomed in Beijing. It comes after years of a deep freeze in the relationship between Ottawa and Beijing that Carney wants to thaw, in order to reduce his country’s precarious reliance on the United States. Continue reading...

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39 h. ago Ukraine’s battered power grid faces unprecedented challenge, energy minister says

Ukraine's energy minister says Russia has attacked every Ukrainian power plant since its invasion

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49 h. ago UK announces £20m emergency fund to repair Ukraine’s battered power grid

Many cities have been plunged into darkness and sub-zero temperatures by Russian assaults

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2 d. ago Zelensky to declare state of emergency for power grid after Russian barrage

He says the strikes, coupled with the bitterly cold winter, are having ‘severe’ consequences

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4 d. ago Russia launches another major attack on Ukraine's power grid, killing 4

Russia has launched another major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that targeted the country's power grid

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5 d. ago Full Greater Manchester weather forecast for this week as freezing snap comes to an end

Rainy and blustery conditions are expected as mild air moves in

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7 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv struggles to stabilise ruined power grid after major Russian attack

Residents battle bitter winter cold inside unheated apartments; Ukraine confirms UN to hold emergency meeting Monday on Russian ballistic missile attack. What we know on day 1,418Engineers in Kyiv scrambled on Saturday to stabilise a power grid brought to the brink by a campaign of Russian strikes, including one two nights ago. The city’s residents huddled against bitter winter cold inside their unheated apartments on Saturday as engineers worked to restore power, water and heat. Prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that the power situation in the capital was still difficult, as the grid was badly damaged and people were using more electric heaters because of the cold.Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed Saturday the UN security council would hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Russia’s latest large-scale attack on Ukraine, which used an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile. “The meeting will address Russia’s flagrant breaches of the UN Charter,” Sy...

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8 d. ago Storm Goretti live: heavy rain, strong winds and snow batter UK as 380,000 homes in France lose power

About 60,000 homes across England and Wales also lost power, according to the National GridOfficials in the West Midlands have warned of the “worst snowfall in a decade” as parts of England and Wales prepare to be hit with 5-10cm of snow on Friday, and up to 15-25cm in some areas.In a statement on Wednesday, Stoke-on-Trent city council reassured residents it had not run out of grit after “misinformation” began to circulate. It said:We are now facing the worst snowfall we have faced in 10 years. The Met Office has predicted that we could have 3.5 inches of snow and temperatures as low as minus 4C on Thursday into Friday morning. As a result, we are carefully managing our resources and stock of salt.Unfortunately, we have been made aware of some misinformation circulating regarding the council’s salt supplies and gritting operations. It simply isn’t true that we have run out of grit.The current cold snap is now expected to last at least until this weekend according to Met Office forec...

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8 d. ago Storm Goretti live: danger to life warning as heavy rain, strong winds and snow batter UK

Red and amber weather warnings have been issued across the UK as Storm Goretti evolves into a ‘weather bomb’More than 50,000 properties were reportedly without power in the South West on Thursday evening, the National Grid’s website said.In the West Midlands about 9,000 had no electricity and 2,000 were without power in Wales.As that rain pushes its way and it hits against that cold air that we currently have across us and so on the northern edge, we are likely to see some fairly significant snow as we go through later tomorrow and into Friday. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago New ‘deady duo’ alert issued for millions with common illness as Arctic cold snap this week could prove fatal

THE Arctic blast bearing down on the UK could combine with a winter virus to form a “deadly duo” for millions with a common health condition, a charity has warned. The Met Office says temperatures plunged to a frigid minus 12.5C on Monday night - the coldest of the winter so far - with freezing temperatures...

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1 week 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 Major gas outage leaves families without heating amidst Met Office amber cold alert

The gas outage in Salcombe, Kinsbridge and Malborough comes as the UK was plunged into a deep freeze with all parts of England being issued with an amber health alert as temperatures drop to freezing

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2 w. ago LIVE UK weather updates as Met Office warns of 15 inches of snow

The Met Office has several weather warnings in place today, including an amber alert for snow and ice across northern Scotland, because cold Arctic air now covers most of the UK

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2 w. ago UK snow LIVE: Met Office says up to 15 INCHES of snow to cause travel chaos today

The Met Office has several weather warnings in place today, including an amber alert for snow and ice across northern Scotland, because cold Arctic air now covers most of the UK

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2 w. ago Scotland faces two days of heavy snow BLIZZARDS as Met Office issues amber warnings & areas could be ‘cut off’

SCOTS have been warned to brace for two days of heavy blizzards after weather warnings were upgraded from yellow to amber by the Met Office. The severe alert was issued as the country prepares for an Arctic chill that is set to plunge temperatures to -15C. Forecasters at the Met Office issued the rare alerts across northern and...

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2 w. ago London braced for snow and ice as Arctic freeze triggers cold

London braced for snow and ice as Arctic freeze triggers cold-health alert  London Evening Standard

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2 w. ago Russian drones blast Ukraine's Odesa and injure 6, including children

Russian drones have attacked apartment buildings and the power grid in Odesa, Ukraine, injuring six people, including children

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3 w. ago Rejoining EU's electricity bloc could hand Europe the power to take UK to court abroad

Britain would operate within a borderless power grid alongside 27 EU member states under the proposals - which critics have branded a 'betrayal of Brexit'.

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