Category Power Station Alert

Severe lightning and hail storms across Northern England, UK

Rhys Bradley used his phone to capture lighting over Bolton at about 22:30 BST on Wednesday Storms have swept across northern England in the wake of what for many places was the hottest July day on record in the UK.…

Big Dust Storm Of Monsoon Season Strikes Phoenix, USA

The first big dust storm of the monsoon season slammed the Phoenix area on Saturday with winds snapping utility poles and leaving thousands without power.   Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project, the two biggest utilities that serve metropolitan…

Major power outage targets more than 90,000 across southeast Michigan, USA

DTE Energy says more than 90,000 people are still without power after high winds and rain took out power across southeast Michigan. The total is down from nearly 150,000 Saturday night.   Most of the outages are located in Wayne…

Historic crisis as crippling drought hits Brazil

South America’s largest city is having its worst drought in a century. The city’s reservoir system is at historic low levels and may be completely dry by August.   A drought seems like a strange concept in a country that…

Severe heatwave kills at least 1,233 in Pakistan

A Pakistani official says the devastating weeklong heat wave in the southern port city of Karachi has killed 1,233 people.   Nazar Mohammad Bozdar, operations director at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, said Saturday that 65,000 heatstroke patients were treated…

High Alert Issued As Power Grids Are pounded By solar Storms With More On The Way

Power grids across North America and Europe have been on high alert all week as two massive solar storms have battered Earth, threatening to disrupt electricity supplies to millions of homes and businesses.   On Monday, PJM Interconnection, which coordinates…