outage

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Torres and Gomez said conditions were not as frigid as it has been reported, but they suspect it’s related to a recent power outage.

From Los Angeles Times

Winter Storm Fern, the massive snow and ice storm that marked the start of the cold spell on Jan. 22, caused power outages for more than one million households.

From Barron's

"Since it goes out all the time, I didn't even realize it was a widespread outage," Isabel, 28, who did not want to give her last name, told AFP.

From Barron's

Cuba is in the throes of its worst economic crisis in decades, marked by power outages of up to 20 hours a day and critical shortages of fuel, medicines and food.

From Barron's

In December, motionless Waymo vehicles clogged San Francisco streets after a power outage.

From Los Angeles Times