An overloaded power grid following the failure of FirstEnergy's alarm system in their control room causes the Northeast blackout of 2003

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14 de ago. de 2003

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Evento

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41.36° N, 81.57° W

Posicionado em: coordinates of the event it links, Northeast blackout of 2003.

An overloaded power grid following the failure of FirstEnergy's alarm system in their control room causes the Northeast blackout of 2003, affecting more than 50 million people in the United States and Canada with nearly 100 related deaths.

Power outage in North America

The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and most parts of the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday, August 14, 2003, beginning just after 4:10 p.m. EDT.

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