Pakistan: Mardan villagers threaten to besiege grid station over power failure

Mardan: Residents of Pakistan's Toru region recently warned they would besiege the local grid station to protest the unscheduled and prolonged power loadshedding in their area, media reports said on Friday.

Canada: Over one million Hydro-Quebec customers still without power after ice storm

Montreal/IBNS: Over one million customers were still without power on Thursday morning, and some of them are likely to stay without it for days after an ice storm hit southern Quebec with falling trees and causing flooding.

Canada: Two weeks after Ottawa storm, thousands still experience power outage

Ottawa/IBNS: Nearly two full weeks after a powerful storm swept through the region of Ottawa, Hydro Ottawa reportedly said that it likely won’t have power restored to all customers until Friday.

Thousands stranded in Atlanta airport as facility grapples with power outage

Atlanta, Dec 14 (IBNS): Thousands of commuters were left stranded at the Hartsfield-Jackson international airport in Atlanta, the world's busiest airport, as the facility grappled with power outage on Sunday.