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The quake caused power outages, damaged roads, brought down part of a castle wall, and destroyed a footbridge.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Brown tree snakes have driven many of Guam's native forest birds to local extinction, and they cause hundreds of power outages each year by climbing utility poles and electrical equipment.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

SEW warned in its annual report this week that it needed to secure fresh financing to stay afloat after taking a £55m hit from outages over the winter.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Last month, the facility suffered two air-traffic radar outages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

He argued that at this time of morning, viewership would be low, especially locally with the widespread power outages.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith