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4 Feb 2025 6:07
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  •   Home > News > Environment

    Transpower is warning of potential power failures in the South Island, while it deals with a severe "geomagnetic induced current event"

    Transpower is warning of potential power failures in the South Island, while it deals with a severe "geomagnetic induced current event"


    The national grid operator has declared a Grid Emergency affecting assets at Manapouri, Roxburgh, Makarewa and Benmore.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Environment News
     04 Feb: Queensland floods live: Premier calls for federal support as north Queensland gets months of rain in three days
     03 Feb: The destruction from heavy flooding continues in Northern Queensland, with about a metre of rain falling in nor-eastern parts since Friday
     02 Feb: A deadly flood in Australia could be the worst on record in a century as heavy rainfall continues to hammer the north, prompting widespread evacuations
     02 Feb: An urgent need for action as native freshwater mussels populations at Lake Rototoa, near Auckland
     02 Feb: Work's underway to try and boost the population of native shellfish as their numbers plummet
     02 Feb: Police are sending hundreds of workers into earthquake-prone buildings, despite significant safety risks identified
     01 Feb: Cyclonic rainfall totals have lashed the regions of north Queensland and "prepare to leave warnings" are in place for six suburbs across Townsville
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    Environment:
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