It'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. W

It'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.