Just two seconds before the end of 1998, a solar flare occurs, resulting in a power outage.
Up to 650,000 homes and businesses lost electricity, and local trains were also halted by the power outage.
These devices make possible a high degree of safety, since in event of a power outage they operate on batteries.
At the same time a hacker-induced power outage cuts communications leaving a journalist and power officials scrambling to find the cause.
A storm hits the hospital and creates a power outage.
More than 300 intercity passenger trains and commuter lines were shut down as a result of the power outage.
High winds and heavy rainfall affected the state, resulting in an islandwide power outage and destroying hundreds of houses.
Fires and carbon monoxide poisoning can occur after a storm causes a power outage.
