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Tuesday, Apr 16

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Power Outages Return in Ecuador, Prompting Citizen Annoyance

Although the Government of Ecuador announced the end of power cuts in February, indicating the dry season had passed, blackouts have returned to several provinces since Sunday, causing frustration among citizens. Residents from various…

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Power outage cancels classes at Johnson Middle School in Melbourne. When will it reopen?

www.clickorlando.com

A power outage impacted the air conditioning system at Johnson Middle School in Melbourne, prompting classes to be canceled, according to the school district.

Some H&R Block customers faced hours of outages on Tax Day

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Originally Published: 15 APR 24 17:21 ET By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Some H&R Block customers who waited until the last day to file their taxes faced frustrating outages that began Sunday night, according to the company and…

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Cambridgeshire villagers 'frustrated' after month-long internet and phone line outage

Many people said they had been experiencing numerous issues over the past month

Off the news: Outage results in wastewater discharge

www.staradvertiser.com

The power outage that hit East Honolulu due to Sunday afternoon’s bad weather didn’t just leave some 13,000 customers in the dark for hours. It also knocked the East Honolulu Wastewater Treatment Plant offline — and in the 45 minutes…

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Is Facebook down? Users report outages and problems seeing their feeds

www.standard.co.uk

According to Downdetector, a jump in reports of issues accessing Facebook began around 5am on Tuesday

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Major power outage affecting about 95,000 residents in Tshwane

www.timeslive.co.za

Eskom says its technicians are still working on a major power outage affecting about 95,000 customers in Tshwane.

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Time Internet outage affects almost half of its customers, said to be the worst downtime in its history

www.malaymail.com

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — Time customers earlier yesterday have experienced difficulties accessing its Internet services...

H&R Block’s Tax Day outage frustrates last-minute filers

www.foxbusiness.com

H&R Block (HRB) said it experienced technology outages on Monday, temporarily preventing thousands of last-minute tax filers from sending in their returns.

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H&R Block customers faced outages ahead of tax day deadline

thehill.com

Some H&R Block customers dealt with hours of outages ahead of the tax day deadline on Monday night, the tax filing service confirmed on social media. In a post on the social platform X around 11:15 a.m. EDT Monday, H&R Block said an issue…

Monday, Apr 15

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H&R Block outages impact customers ahead of the Tax Day deadline

www.cbsnews.com

The tax-prep software giant says it has resolved an issue that blocked some customers from e-filing on Sunday and much of Monday.

Tax Day Outage at H&R Block Frustrates Last-Minute Filers

www.wsj.com

The company said it has fixed an issue that had affected desktop software users.

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This Power Station Offers an Impressive (but Expensive) Way to Keep the Power on During an Outage

lifehacker.com

If you're experiencing more and longer power outages, it might be time to consider whole-home backup.

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Power Outage: We’ve Successfully Restored National Grid – TCN

www.naijanews.com

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the full restoration of the national electricity grid following a significant collapse early Monday morning due to a fire outbreak at the Afam power generating station. Naija News…

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Power outage as Nigeria’s National Grid collapses 6th time in 2024

ait.live

Nigeria has witnessed its sixth power grid collapse in 2024, as electricity generation on the system dropped from 2,583.77 megawatts at 2am on Monday to 64.7 megawatts around 3am. This is coming barely a week after the controversial hike…

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Power outage hits South-East as national grid collapses again

punchng.com

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc has notified South-East residents of a total system collapse which occurred at its transmission station at about 2:41 am on Monday. The EEDC said the situation has resulted in the loss of…

Saturday, Apr 13

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Large parts of Johannesburg hit by power outages

www.timeslive.co.za

Large parts of Johannesburg have been without electricity since Friday, but City Power says it is working on restoring power to affected areas.

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Why do Facebook and Instagram keep crashing? Experts reveal the true reason behind the constant Meta outages - and say they expect things to get even worse

www.dailymail.co.uk

While it is easy to imagine that Facebook could be under siege by malicious hackers, experts say the truth might actually be worse for the company.

Friday, Apr 12

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More than 1,800 homes near Wolverhampton in the dark due to power outage

www.expressandstar.com

A power cut has left more than 1,800 homes near Wolverhampton in the dark.

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The real cause of Xcel's lengthy Prairie Island nuclear outage: Workers drilled through cables

www.startribune.com

Xcel Energy initially pinpointed the cause of a lengthy outage at its Prairie Island nuclear power plant as an equipment issue.