US EditionGreenland's capital Nuuk sees city-wide power outage due to accident
Nukissiorfiit attributes the outage to transmission failure from strong winds and is restoring power to 75% of Nuuk's 20,000 residents using emergency generators.
- Recently, Grønlands Politi and social-media users reported a power outage across Nuuk, Greenland, with observers describing a city-wide blackout in the capital.
- Metrics showed a sharp decline in internet connectivity affecting Nuuk, while social-media users suggested extreme wind gusts up to 50 m/s and a prior blizzard-related outage years ago.
- Police warned telephone numbers may be affected and provided contact 56 01 12 for urgent cases, while coastal police stations remain open for personal inquiries in Nuuk.
- Nukissiorfiit said an accident caused the power failure and is regenerating power with emergency generators while locating the fault to restore service.
- Amid heightened attention on Greenland, the outage follows US President Donald Trump’s January 9 remarks on ownership, while social-media commentators linked the blackout to geopolitical fears.
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The largest city in Greenland was deprived of electricity during the night of Saturday to Sunday. According to the local supplier, a transmission failure due to violent winds would be the cause. - Black-out for several hours during the night in the capital of Greenland (International).
Greenland Power Outage: Denmark Territory Hit by Major Blackout After Strong Winds Amid US Tensions | 🌎 LatestLY
Greenland’s capital city, Nuuk, was plunged into a city-wide power outage late Saturday night, January 24, after severe winds triggered a major transmission failure. The blackout, which began around 10:30 PM local time (0030 GMT Sunday), left the city’s 20,000 residents in darkness for several hours. 🌎 Greenland Power Outage: Denmark Territory Hit by Major Blackout After Strong Winds Amid US Tensions.
The city of 20,000 residents was plunged into the dark during the night of Saturday to Sunday, a breakdown that occurs in a context of high tensions with the United States.
The Greenlandic capital Nuuk was left without electricity on Saturday evening. According to the energy company Nukissiorfiit, the failure in the network was caused by strong winds. It added that the restoration of electricity supply is underway. So far, supply has been restored to some parts of the capital, reports the French news agency AFP.
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