By Rannveig Loken, Norway
North Virginia, USA – May 8, 2026: An overheating in one of the Amason data centers triggered an outage that impacted companies including cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 22, 2026: The Zaporizhzhia region was experiencing emergency power blackouts after drone attacks.
Vietnam, May 27, 2026: Electricity consumption has hit new daily peaks late in the evening, when the power system comes under the greatest strain as solar power is no longer available and low water levels at many small hydropower reservoirs limit generation capacity. This causes power outages in several districts as abnormal electricity demand strained the grid planned power cuts of up to seven hours across its two main grids as searing heat.
Spain, France, 27 May, 2026: Spain’s worst wildfire this year has burned an estimated 32,000 hectares in the Guadalajara region, with temperatures of 42 to 44 C. In France, a fire in the southwestern Gironde region devastated 100 hectares between Bordeaux and Cap Ferret and 2,500 hectares in the southeastern Var area, damaged homes and forced people to flee their homes.
Turin, Italy, May 28, 2026: The northwestern Italian city of Turin suffer power blackouts, exposing the strain on the local electricity network. Longer daylight hours and high temperatures put cables under thermal stress.
USA, June 11, 2026: More than 373,000 homes and businesses were without power due to extreme weather conditions across several areas of the United States.
New Zealand, June 26, 2026: More than 4000 people in New Zealand were without power after storm with heavy rain and wind gusts up to 150 kph hit central regions of the country of 5.3 million people, including the capital Wellington. It also triggered flooding and landslides. The wild weather forced the cancellation of 200 flights.
Ecuador, June30, 2026: An early-morning explosion at a substation forced outage of one of the main hydroelectric plants. At least 15 neighborhoods in the capital were affected by power outages.
Kuwait, July 8, 2026: Several power transmission lines had gone out of service, causing electricity outages in scattered areas of the country
Philippines, July 9, 2026: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake caused damage to the homes of more than 700,000 people, with several buildings collapsed, toppled power lines and utility posts. The Philippines experiences hundreds of quakes each year and sits on tectonically complex parts of the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”
Japan – July 10, 2026: Typhoon Bavi passed very close to a remote chain of islands in Japan’s southwest, with violent winds of 100 mph, torrential rain, landslides, flooding and 900 buildings without power. Airlines cancelled more than 260 flights affecting nearly 40,000 passengers.
Cuba, July 14, 2026: Cuba’s national power grid collapsed, it was the third major blackout in nine days on the island of about 10 million people. In the capital Havana, traffic lights were out and the hum of generators echoed through the streets
Chile, July 22, 2026: Storms with heavy rains have struck from the country’s central region down to the south, causing widespread flooding, road closures, damage to homes and left 87,000 people without electricity.
Japan – July 28, 2026: A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan, with thousands of houses without power. Japan is situated on the “Ring of Fire” arc of volcanoes, and accounts for about 20% of the world’s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater, and each year experiences up to 2,000 quakes that can be felt by people.
Naples, Italy- July 31, 2026: magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck area near the southern Italian city of Naples, causing power outages, disrupting train and metro services and damaging some buildings.
Washington, USA, August 1, 2026: Wildfires in Washington state caused widespread evacuations, about 4,000 people were fighting more than a dozen fires. About 60.000 people were without power due to tie fire.
Cuba, August 3, 2026: Cuba’s electrical grid had a nationwide blackout for its 10 million people. Cuba’s power system is fragile due to fuel shortages, aging infrastructure and underinvestment.
Georgia, August 5, 2026: There was a nationwide power blackout in Georgia where about 3.7 million people lost electricity. Tests were performed to identify weak points in the country’s power grid just before the incident and the reasons for the power cut will be investigated.
USA, August 12, 2026: Severe storms battering the Midwest left more than 360,000 homes and businesses without power.
Venezuela, August 13, 2026: Venezuela has less than 13,000 MW of generation capacity available out of 36,000 MW installed. Nearly 90% of thermal capacity is out of service, caused increased dependence on hydropower. El Niño makes power and water conservation necessary, causing electricity cuts of up to 10 hours per day for people and businesses.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, August 14, 2026: Electricity shortages are common in this area, and the reliance on hydropower has posed problems as climate change leaves hydroelectric stations vulnerable to water shortages. There were blackouts in all four countries caused by a sudden change in the power flow from the Central Asian grid.
Indonesia, August 15, 2026: Indonesia, with 290 million people, is in the “Pacific Ring of Fire”. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, blocking roads, causing landslides and power outages. Around 5000 people were evacuated.
Hawaii, USA, 15, 2026: Hawaii was hit with strong winds up to 120 km/h and heavy rain by hurricane Lala. The hurricane left more than 42,000 customers without power, with fallen trees that knocked down multiple poles and structures on a transmission lines.
