Sentence examples for disrupted power from inspiring English sources

The blaze was sparked by high winds which disrupted power lines in an oil field, forcing dozens of homes to be evacuated.

One hot summer afternoon, after a windstorm disrupted power in his neighborhood, Reeder nearly slugged the repairman sent to fix the problem.

The flow of components and spare parts needed by manufacturers has been thrown into disarray, and damage to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has severely disrupted power supplies in key parts of the country.

Large parts of New Zealand, including Dunedin, the venue for three of England's four pool games, are a blanket of white after the heaviest snowfall for 50 years, which has closed roads and, for a period, the airport, and disrupted power supply.

Lightning strikes disrupted power to a water treatment plant in northern New Jersey early yesterday, leaving an unknown number of homes and businesses without water or with low pressure, and forcing a utility to urge 800,000 residents to boil and conserve water at least through tomorrow.

The consultants found that the utility characterized as a worst case any storm that disrupted power to more than 100,000 customers, but the late-October storm cut off electricity to more than 800,000 of the utility's 1.2 million customers.

That means a greater number of more powerful solar storms and flares with the potential to disrupt power supplies, transport and communications systems.

It said it had no plans to strike or disrupt power service.

Freezing temperatures and heavy snow continued to sweep through northern and central Europe, disrupting power and travel.

Although the effect of space weather is often overstated, it can disrupt power grids, communications satellites and short-wave radio.

The administration opposes it, in part on national security grounds, saying the changes could disrupt power supplies because they might force the closing of coal-burning plants.