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Power failures hit London and other parts of U.K.
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Travellers watch the announcement boards in Euston rail station during the busy morning rush hour on August 09, 2019 in London, England. The train network was hit by major delays yesterday after all services out of London Euston were suspended due to a signal failure.
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Power cuts are affecting a large area of London and the South East, the UK Power Networks said via tweet on Friday.
“We believe this is due to a failure to National Grid’s network, which is affecting our customers,” the tweet said. “We may not be able to answer individual tweets at this time. Please keep an eye on our feed for updates.”
Western Power Distribution, an electricity distribution network operator for the Midlands, South West and Wales, said in a tweet it was experiencing a “major incident on the national electricity infrastructure.”
“We are in the process of restoring customers now and will provide further updates as soon as possible for specific areas,” the company said.
Train service is also disrupted, according to the National Rail.
National Grid, in a statement on the BBC, says they have outages at two power stations and are working to restore.
This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.
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