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On October 28, an emergency power outage was recorded in 15 populated localities across five municipal districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Crews have been dispatched to inspect the lines: 39 people and 11 units of equipment are involved. No details on the restoration timeline have been received yet.
Aziz KarimovKun.uz publishes a local digest: in Samarkand region, teenagers from a technical college rented a car, disobeyed a public order officer and ran him over; a balloon caused an accident at the Aksa Toshkent thermal power plant and a temporary power outage in four districts of Tashkent; residents of Navoi and Chirchik will be required to submit annual income declarations as part of an experiment; the Ministry of Health called the measles epidemiological situation stable.
Sevara AzamovaOn the evening of 19 October, transformer protection was triggered at the Aksa Tashkent thermal power plant in the Kibray district, and the plant's capacity dropped from 460 to 185 MW. Parts of the Yunusabad, Almazar, Mirzo-Ulugbek and Shaykhantahur districts were temporarily left without electricity. The Ministry of Energy reported that the cause was a balloon flying into the open switchgear; power supply was fully restored by 19:38.
Aziz KarimovOn the evening of October 19, power supply disruptions occurred in the Qibray, Tashkent and Yunusabad districts due to the shutdown of the 110 kV lines 'Sokin-2' and 'Botanika-1'. By 19:54, power at the 'Yunusabad', 'Astronomiya' and 'Limunchi' substations was restored, and the 'L-Botanika-1' line was switched to another source. The Svetanet.uz service recorded 129 reports of outages, of which 102 were confirmed.
Sevara AzamovaOn Saturday, all of Sri Lanka was left without electricity due to instability in the power system. The Upper Kotmale hydroelectric power plant accident is suspected as the cause. Owners of solar panels were ordered to switch them off until further notice; supply restoration is ongoing.
Aziz KarimovThe Norte fire in Orange County destroyed or damaged several expensive homes in San Juan Capistrano, having started in San Clemente. The fire covered about 465 acres, mass evacuations were ordered. The Bryson fire near Malibu and the Henderson fire near Camp Pendleton base are also raging. Strong Santa Ana winds, low humidity and unusual heat of up to 38°C create a high fire risk through the weekend; tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles County were left without electricity due to preventive power line shutdowns.
Otabek Yusupov
