More heat waves may cause more deaths and more electrical blackouts.
This activity may become obvious to the general public through electrical blackouts and disruptions in radio broadcasts.
Local telephone lines were jammed, and electrical blackouts in the Kobe area rendered many phones useless.
Cuts to transport links including damage to numerous bridges, communication interruptions, electrical blackouts and water supply problems were experienced across wide areas.
To shield their patrons from pitted roads and electrical blackouts, developers have paid for their own infrastructure.
On Aug. 14, 2003, North America experienced the largest electrical blackout ever.
During the electrical blackout last summer, several stores on Flatbush Avenue were broken into and looted.
Power was restored to most customers last night after an electrical blackout that began late Friday.
Laborers were forced to work right up until the opening ceremony because of construction delays, electrical blackouts, and questionable venue quality.
When there is an electrical blackout, the cable television also fails.