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Underground lines cause outage

Last updated Sunday, August 5, 2012 - 10:33pm

WASHINGTON TERRACE — A power outage keeping 266 customers without electricity here Sunday night was caused by problems with underground power lines.

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Stranded foreign passengers wait for their train at New Delhi railway station, in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 30, 2012. The electricity grid across northern India failed Monday, leaving hundreds of millions of people without electricity in one of the worst power failures of the past decade, officials said. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

370M Indians swelter in heat after power fails

Ravi Nessman The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 30, 2012 - 9:44am

NEW DELHI — Northern India’s power grid crashed Monday, halting hundreds of trains, forcing hospitals and airports to use backup generators and leaving 370 million people — more than the population of the United States and Canada combined — sweltering in the summer heat.

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Power outages hit Weber, Davis cities

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 10:51pm

OGDEN — Storms were the cause of at least one power outage in the Top of Utah on Saturday night.

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Power outage puts thousands of blood products at risk at Ogden donor center

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, July 15, 2012 - 6:46pm

OGDEN — At any given time, MountainStar Blood Services houses thousands of temperature-sensitive products, so when the power went out Thursday and the generators didn’t immediately start, employees had to act quickly to avoid a disaster.

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Dealing with a power outage and unrefrigerated food

The Washington Post The Washington Post

Last updated Monday, July 9, 2012 - 1:38pm

Following are some tips for dealing with power outages and food spoilage:

• A fully packed, free-standing freezer (that has remained closed) will stay at acceptably cold temperatures for two to four days.

• Place dry ice, a block of ice or several frozen gel packs in a well-insulated cooler for perishables.

Weather likely cause of power outage in Davis, Weber

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 11:24pm

Though Rocky Mountain Power cannot say for sure, the weather was a likely reason about 12,200 Rocky Mountain Power customers were without power Thursday.

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Power outages hit parts of Weber, Box Elder counties

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 12:49am

Power outages left about 4,900 Rocky Mountain Power customers across Weber and Box Elder counties without electricity Tuesday afternoon and evening.

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Snake blamed for power outage

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 11:57am

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Officials say a snake slithered into an Oklahoma City electric substation and knocked out power to about 10,000 customers overnight.

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Power outage hits parts of Box Elder

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 11:40pm

BRIGHAM CITY -- Several cities in Box Elder County experienced a blackout Thursday evening. About 850 Rocky Mountain Power customers in Corinne, Brigham City,

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Fallen power pole disrupts traffic

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 9:55am

TREMONTON -- A fallen power pole and line disrupted traffic south of Tremonton on Tuesday afternoon.

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Residents survey damages caused by a tornado in Kennedal, Texas, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012.Tornadoes tore through the Dallas area Tuesday, peeling roofs off homes, tossing big-rig trucks into the air and leaving flattened tractor trailers strewn along highways and parking lots. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Khampha Bouaphanh)

Tornadoes destroy homes in Dallas area; no deaths

Paul J. Weber, Schuyler Dixon The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 10:13am

ARLINGTON, Texas — The tornado hurtled toward the nursing home. Physical therapist Patti Gilroy said she saw the swirling mass barreling down through the back door, after she herded patients into the hallway in the order trained: walkers, wheelchairs, then beds.

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Power pole explosion shuts down I-15 in Riverdale

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 6:08pm

RIVERDALE — A power pole exploded, leading to a three-car crash and an hour-long closure of Interstate 15.

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No cause found for brief power outage

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 11:39pm

OGDEN — More than 2,600 people in Ogden were without power Thursday afternoon.

A power line went offline around 3:34 p.m., leaving 2,648 customers without power, said Rocky Mountain Power spokeswoman Margaret Ohler. A crew patrolled the line but could not find a reason for the power being off. It got the power back on at 4:05 p.m.

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Freeport Center in Clearfield Wednesday, August 30, 2006.--PHOTO BY MATTHEW HATFIELD

Power outage at Freeport Center sends workers home

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 11:24am

CLEARFIELD -- Three circuits at a Clearfield substation serving 4,000 customers, including the Freeport Center, lost power early Thursday for just over an hour, resulting in workers at the industrial park being sent home.

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A car tries to negotiate its way around a fallen tree near the 1800 block of Maple Lane on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in Kent, Wash. A heavy ice storm proved too much for many trees in the Kent area. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, John Lok)

Snowstorm leaves 250,000 without power

Jonathan J. Cooper, Manuel Valdes The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:02am

SEATTLE -- A powerful Pacific Northwest storm knocked out power to about 250,000 electric customers around Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia after it coated much of Washington in ice and swelled Oregon rivers, killing a child and two adults. Besides the outages, the big concern now is more flooding in both states with warmer temperatures and rain.

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