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Louisiana one week after Ida: Widespread power outages persist, death toll mounts

Saturday, September 4 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Nearly one week on, Louisiana is struggling to recover from Hurricane Ida’s devastating blow. Ida, which is tied for the fifth-strongest hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland in history, killed at least 11 in Louisiana, dumped more than 13 inches of rain in... Read More.

New Orleans institutes curfew as power outages remain after Hurricane Ida

Wednesday, September 1 by ABC News

(NEW ORLEANS) -- Ida, which downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical depression Tuesday, battered Louisiana as a fierce Category 4 storm Sunday, leaving whole towns flooded along the coast and New Orleans still entirely in the dark. Over 884,000 customers remain without power in... Read More.

Louisiana power outages may last weeks: How to stay safe during a blackout

Monday, August 30 by ABC News

(LA.) -- Utility companies warned residents in Louisiana it may take weeks before power can be restored to their homes following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida. As of Monday morning, over 888,000 customers don't have power, and that number is growing as the storm moves... Read More.

Thousands remain without power after fire causes widespread outages in Puerto Rico

Friday, June 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The problem-plagued energy company that powers Puerto Rico's grid said it expects all customers to have their power restored by Friday evening after a fire at a substation Thursday left hundreds of thousands without electricity. As of midday Friday, LUMA Energy reported... Read More.

Gas hits highest price in six years, fuel outages persist despite Colonial Pipeline restart

Monday, May 17 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Fuel outages persist in parts of the Southeast on Monday -- and the national gas price average remains at its highest level in six years -- even as the Colonial Pipeline has resumed operations following a ransomware attack. The national gas price... Read More.

ERCOT faces class-action lawsuit, resignations in wake of Texas power outages

Wednesday, February 24 by ABC News

By MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News(HOUSTON) -- Texas’ embattled power grid operator is facing lawsuits and resignations after more than 4 million customers lost electricity last week during a deadly winter storm.Morgan & Morgan, a Florida-based national law firm... Read More.

Texas’ power outages, water shortages put bigger strain on hospitals

Thursday, February 18 by ABC News

By EMILY SHAPIRO and SASHA PEZENIK, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As a historic winter storm knocks out power and bursts pipes across Texas, hospitals in the lone star state are facing additional stress.Hospitals, already contending with COVID-19 patients, are now... Read More.

How a Texas synagogue got hundreds vaccinated after power outages threatened doses

Thursday, February 18 by ABC News

By DR. ERIC SILBERMAN, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- After an unprecedented winter storm cut off power to the freezers storing vaccines in Harris County, Texas, thousands of doses were at risk of expiring within hours. Alan Hoffman, an internist at Houston Methodist Hospital,... Read More.

Republicans use Texas power outages to spread false claims about green energy

Thursday, February 18 by ABC News

BY: JULIA JACOBO, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Republican politicians are using the widespread power outages in Texas to place false blame on renewable energy sources, but clean energy isn't what was fueling the majority of power plants that failed. Millions in the state were... Read More.

Catastrophic outages in Texas a symptom of America’s aging power grids

Wednesday, February 17 by ABC News

BY: ALLIE YANG, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — Local infrastructure doesn't get much attention -- until it fails. Like right now in Texas. The state's electric grid, like most of the nation's, consists of many parts at least 50 years old. "Our electric grid... Read More.

Texas emergency proclamation approved as dangerous winter storm causes power outages

Monday, February 15 by ABC News

By WILLIAM MANSELL, MARILYN HECK and JON HAWORTH, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As a major winter storm batters large parts of the country, President Joe Biden has approved Texas' emergency disaster proclamation Sunday.The declaration orders federal assistance to supplement state... Read More.

Zeta latest: 5 dead, massive power outages, delayed early voting in Georgia

Thursday, October 29 by ABC News

By EMILY SHAPIRO and MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- At least five people are dead after Hurricane Zeta slammed into the South, leaving a trail of destruction before turning toward the Northeast.A 55-year-old died from electrocution in... Read More.

Stories tagged with: outages

Louisiana one week after Ida: Widespread power outages persist, death toll mounts

New Orleans institutes curfew as power outages remain after Hurricane Ida

Louisiana power outages may last weeks: How to stay safe during a blackout

Thousands remain without power after fire causes widespread outages in Puerto Rico

Gas hits highest price in six years, fuel outages persist despite Colonial Pipeline restart

ERCOT faces class-action lawsuit, resignations in wake of Texas power outages

Texas’ power outages, water shortages put bigger strain on hospitals

How a Texas synagogue got hundreds vaccinated after power outages threatened doses

Republicans use Texas power outages to spread false claims about green energy

Catastrophic outages in Texas a symptom of America’s aging power grids

Texas emergency proclamation approved as dangerous winter storm causes power outages

Zeta latest: 5 dead, massive power outages, delayed early voting in Georgia

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