grid failure
Electrical system breakdown
Grid failure is the breakdown or collapse of an electrical power grid, causing widespread loss of electricity.
The term usually refers to large-scale outages affecting entire regions rather than localized blackouts: The heat wave caused grid failure across three states.
Infrastructure age, extreme weather, and cyberattacks are common causes of grid failure.
- blackoutComplete power loss
- power outageLoss of electrical supply
- rolling blackoutPlanned, sequential power interruptions
- outageLoss of electrical service
- collapseSudden structural failure
cascade · darkness · lights out · power · electricity · transformer · surge · brownout · load shedding · emergency · emergency response · chaos · infrastructure · downed power lines · lines · voltage · shutdown · restoration
- outagespower outage, outage, blackout, brownout, total blackout
- blackoutspower outage, power cut, outage, total blackout, rolling blackout
- Energy Crisisoil shortage, gas shortage, fuel crisis, power outage, rolling blackout
- Power Outagesblackout, power cut, outage, brownout, rolling blackout
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse