Greenland hit by power outage, strong winds in wake of US tensions easing

"The blackout arrives as the government has encouraged citizens to be ready for a disaster' lasting up to five days. Greenland's capital, Nuuk, has faced a widespread power outage after strong winds triggered a transmission problem, the state utility said, as the Arctic island contends with the fallout from the crisis fuelled by United States President Donald Trump's territorial designs."

"At about 10:30pm on Saturday (00:30 GMT, Sunday), social media users began reporting a sudden blackout that occurred at the same time, Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq reported. list of 4 itemsend of list The utility company posted on Facebook that gusty winds at the main Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant had caused a line error on our transmission line and that they were working to restore power with an emergency plant. Water supplies were also affected in some areas, Sermitsiaq reported, as well as internet connectivity."

"Power had been restored to 75 percent of the city's population of about 20,000 by 3:30am on Sunday (5:30 GMT), the utility said in an update, calling on people to be conservative in their use of electrical devices as the utility continued to reboot. The outage came on the heels of the government releasing a brochure with details about disaster preparedness that encouraged Greenlanders to store sufficient drinking water, food, medicine, warm clothing and alternative communication devices to last at least five days."

A sudden blackout hit Nuuk late Saturday, with social media users reporting simultaneous outages around 10:30pm local time. Gusty winds at the Buksefjord hydroelectric plant caused a transmission line error, prompting the utility to run an emergency plant while crews worked to restore service. Water supply and internet connectivity were affected in some areas. By 3:30am most of the city had power restored, with the utility urging conservative electricity use during reboot. The government had circulated guidance urging residents to store five days of water, food, medicine, warm clothing and alternate communication devices, while stressing no imminent crisis.

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