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The other items at least in the US midwest would be ice storms (ice coating power lines making them heavy and branches getting too coated and falling on power l
by mlindner 6y ago
The other items at least in the US midwest would be ice storms (ice coating power lines making them heavy and branches getting too coated and falling on power lines) and thunderstorms (50+ mph wind coming through bringing down tree branches on to powerlines) or lightning strikes hitting power transformers.
- kalleboo 6y agoIt's a lot more common in Europe to have buried lines for anything after the high-voltage national backbone, so the grid is much less susceptible to weather. Where I lived in Sweden, 30% of the network was already underground, but after a large storm in 2005 caused long-lasting power outages, they invested heavily and are now up to 70% underground.