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Power cuts hit homes in north-east China
2021-09-27 12:27:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
An electricity shortage affecting factories has now spread to some homes.
Smart Homes: The Power, the Pleasure and the Pain, Part 2
2018-03-29 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Smart homes are here. Although not every home is tricked out with the latest technologies, they're no longer a rarity. For example, a hefty 41 percent of the respondents to an online survey conducted last year said they already owned smart home devices. Sales of smart refrigerators and washing machines more than doubled in 2017, and they will constitute more than half the global market by 2021.
Boxing Day weather hell: 10,000 homes without power and Brits 'at risk of death'
2015-12-26 08:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Star: Hundreds were told to abandon their homes and prepare for the worst as the Met Office issued ELEVEN red weather warning for in the north of England on Boxing Day. Families were left unable to even make a cup of tea when the lights went out due to flooding. Electricity North West confirmed 10,000 homes in Rochdale were currently without power today. The Army was put on standby for damage control on Christmas Day, as it was forecast that a months worth of rain would soak towns already saturated...
Power restored to Dorchester homes after earlier power cut
2015-07-08 10:58:36| Energy - Topix.net
Engineers were called early this morning to fix the on the fault in the network and Scottish and Southern Energy said that all homes had power restored by 8.05am. The power went out at 6.46am this morning and SSE initially said that around 1,800 customers in the DT1 area had been affected.
Up to 70,000 homes without power as storms hit Britain
2015-01-09 09:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Up to 70,000 homes have been left without power in Scotland and trains canceled after high winds battered the northern parts of Britain on Friday. Britain's Met Office issued severe weather warnings for the areas after two Atlantic storms hit the country resulting in gusts of around 100 miles per hour. Scotland's train operator ScotRail, run by FirstGroup, canceled all services until further notice citing safety concerns, while the Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh was closed temporarily. The storms...