List Of Largest Power Breakdowns In The History

(Najamuddin Ghanghro, Karachi(original from Larkana))

As U Know, I Am The Biggest Lover Of My Country( U Also May Be, I Don't Have Any Doubt), And Last Time There Was One Big Power Breakdown Which Hits Millions Of Ppl So Thought Before Some One Bad_Wisher Of Pakistan May Quote It As The Largest One So I Am Presenting Here Some World Historical Largest Power Breakdown Here...

This Is A List Of Notable Wide-Scale Power Outages. To Be Included, The Outage Must Conform To All Of The Following Criteria:

1.The Outage Must Not Be Planned By The Service Provider.
2.The Outage Must Affect At Least 1,000 People And Last At Least One Hour.
3.There Must Be At Least 1,000,000 Person-Hours Of Disruption.
In Other Words:

1,000 People Affected For 1,000 Hours (42 Days) Minimum, But If Fewer Than 1,000 People, Event Would Not Be Included (Regardless Of Duration)
One Million People Affected For A Minimum Of One Hour, But If Duration Is Less Than One Hour, Event Would Not Be Included (Regardless Of Number Of People)
For Example, 10,000 People Affected For 100 Hours Or 100,000 For 10 Hours Would Be Included...

Largest Article Millions Of People Affected Location Date References

July 2012 India Blackout 670 India 2012-07-30 !30–31 July 2012 [1]

2005 Java-Bali Blackout 100 Indonesia 2005-08-18 !18 Aug 2005 [2]

1999 Southern Brazil Blackout 97 Brazil 1999-03-11 !11 March 1999 [3]

2009 Brazil &Paraguay Blackout 87 Brazil,Paraguay 2009-11-10 !10–11 Nov 2009 [4]

Northeast Blackout Of 2003 55 U S A & Canada 2003-08-14 !14–15 Aug 2003 [5]

2003 Italy Blackout 55 Italy, Swz, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia 2003-09-28 !28 Sep 2003 [6]

Northeast Blackout Of 1965 30 Uas & Canada 1965-11-09 !9 Nov 1965 [7]
 

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