Power outage hits Northeast
C|Net | at | by Mike
A power outage struck New York and other Northeast cities on Thursday, shutting down companies, hitting airports and clogging cell phone service in certain areas. The outage reportedly also affected the electric supply in neighboring New Jersey, as well as in Toronto and Ottawa, Canada, on Thursday afternoon. Other areas--such as Cleveland and Toledo in Ohio, and Detroit--also suffered a blackout, according to television reports.
News outlets reported that the outage was the result of a failure in the Niagara Mohawk power grid. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told news outlets that the blackout could last into the evening.