5 h. ago Spanish island hit by power outage as thousands left in the dark

The island was not affected by the massive blackout that hit most of Spain and Portugal on April 28

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6 h. ago Spain hit by more blackouts as 'tens of thousands' left without power in Canary Islands a week after nationwide outages

Local media reported that thousands of locals and holidaymakers across the island were left without power for nearly two hours after a blackout occurred at around 10am local time.

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6 h. ago Spain power outage LIVE: Tens of thousands hit by fresh Canary Islands blackout

Thousands of people have been affected by a fresh power outage in Spain after a major incident at the end of last month led to an unprecedented state of emergency

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11 h. ago April storms that killed 24 in US made more severe by burning fossil fuels – study

Study finds human-caused climate change made four-day rainfall across central Mississippi valley 40% more likelyThe four-day historic storm that caused death and destruction across the central Mississippi valley in early April was made significantly more likely and more severe by burning fossil fuels, rapid analysis by a coalition of leading climate scientists has found.Record quantities of rain were dumped across eight southern and midwestern states between 3 and 6 April, causing widespread catastrophic flooding that killed at least 15 people, inundated crops, wrecked homes, swept away vehicles and caused power outages for hundreds of thousands of households. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago EU told citizens to stockpile in case of disaster less than a month before huge outages in Spain

The widespread outage left thousands of people stranded in trains and elevators yesterday, while millions saw phone and internet coverage die.

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9 d. ago Wild conspiracy theories flood the internet after Spanish power blackout as sleuths blame alien attack, chem trails and US EMP strikes

The massive outage left thousands of people stranded in trains and elevators, while millions saw phone and internet coverage die.

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9 d. ago Thousands rescued as Spain and Portugal restore 99% power – but outage could return

Spanish officials claimed the major blackout was due to an 'induced atmospheric vibration' which saw millions without access to electricity as thousands were stranded on rail lines

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2 w. ago Reddit down as thousands of users hit with 'server error' in huge outage

Reddit users made over 14,000 complaints to Downdetector about having issues accessing the website as one person said they were hit with a 'server error' as they crafted a response

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3 w. ago Spotify down as thousands unable to stream music with audio giant investigating outage

Users of the Swedish streaming giant were having a spot of bother on Wednesday afternoon as they were unable to listen to their favourite tunes and podcasts due to a service outage

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3 w. ago Spotify down following global outage that's affecting thousands

Spotify is down on Wednesday afternoon and thousands are affected in the UK

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3 w. ago Spotify chaos as new global outage hits 21,000 Brits in the UK

More than 21,000 people around the UK have taken to social media saying that the Spotify website and app are not working after the streaming service suffered a major outage

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