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Large explosion in Los Angeles knocks LogMeIn’s British customers offline

An explosion in Los Angles last night triggered a power blackout and data centre outage, which led to a knock-on impact for UK customers of LogMeIn today, who were left unable to access remote desktop services, The Register can reveal.…

Earth Extremities
August 21, 2015

Earth Subsistance Alert, Emergency Updates, Major Events, Power Outage Alert, Power Station Alert, Power Transformer Alert, Severe Heatwave Alert, Severe Weather, Temperature Alert

Severe heatwave causes electricity shortage and drought in Poland

A heat wave in Poland on Monday forced the national supplier to cut electricity to factories for several hours, and Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz appealed to people to save energy during the day. Temperatures reached 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit)…

Earth Extremities
August 10, 2015

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Explosion at Texarkana water plant, no injuries in Texas, USA

The director of Texarkana Water Utilities says an explosion at a treatment plant on the Texas side caused no injuries and that water continues to flow for customers in both Texas and Arkansas. The Texarkana Gazette reports the explosion…

Earth Extremities
August 9, 2015

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Transformer fire causes power, phone outages in Wills Point area, Texas, USA

According to Wills Point Emergency Management a transformer fire caused a power outage and cut off non-emergency lines. The agency said the fire caused significant power outages in and around Wills Point and that local police and fire non-emergency…

Earth Extremities
August 9, 2015

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Severe heatwave of 52C (125.6F) hits the Middle East

Intolerably high temperatures and soaring humidity are close to breaking meteorological records across region A heatwave has engulfed much of the Middle East, sending temperatures and humidity soaring throughout the region. The searing heat, ailing infrastructure and power cuts…

Earth Extremities
August 4, 2015

Building Damage Alert, Damage Reports, Emergency Updates, Evacuation Alert, Explosion Alert, Fire Alert, Major Events, Power Outage Alert, Power Station Alert, Power Transformer Alert

Underground explosion causes power outage in downtown Long Beach, USA

Streets are closed in downtown Long Beach and electricity is out after an underground vault explosion blew off a manhole cover at about 4:45 p.m. Thursday, initially leaving 30,000 homes and businesses without power. The number of affected customers…

Earth Extremities
July 31, 2015

Power Station Alert, Power Transformer Alert, Record Heat Alert, Record Temperatures, Severe Heatwave Alert, Severe Weather

Scorching heatwave breaks record temperatures of 47C (116.6F) drag on in Xinjiang, China

Record high temperatures will continue to scorch areas in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region over the next three days, the National Meteorological centre (NMC) said Saturday. Temperatures will rise above 35 degrees Celsius in most areas of Xinjiang…

Earth Extremities
July 26, 2015

Power Station Alert, Power Transformer Alert, Severe Heatwave Alert, Severe Weather, Temperature Alert

Sweltering heatwave of 43C (109.4F) continues in Jordan

More scorching weather is forecast today as the kingdom continues to bake in a sweltering heatwave which pushed temperatures well beyond their seasonal average by 4 to 5 degrees Celsius. The weather will remain hot across the kingdom while…

Earth Extremities
July 26, 2015

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Typhoon Nangka pounds Shikoku; pair dead; hundreds of thousands told to flee

A strong typhoon made landfall Thursday night on Shikoku, leaving two people dead and a number of other people injured. Authorities urged hundreds of thousands of people there and elsewhere to evacuate, while transportation services were crippled. Typhoon…

Earth Extremities
July 16, 2015

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Near Category 1 Hurricane Causes Mayhem In Brainerd, Minnesota, USA

A swathe of trees lay blown over Monday after a super cell thunderstorm hit the Brainerd lakes area with near category 1 hurricane force winds. (Kelly Humphrey, Brainerd Dispatch) A supercell thunderstorm struck the Brainerd lakes area Sunday night with…

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