CAMEO+ eventINFRASTRUCTURE2026-04-09馃嚞馃嚙

Power cuts on the Isle of Wight leave 4,500 homes without electricity

source: Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) -> target: Residents of the southern Isle of Wight

On 2026-04-09, five simultaneous power cuts affected the southern Isle of Wight, leaving more than 4,500 homes without electricity. SSEN said the outages stretched across Ventnor, Niton, Whitwell, Chale, and St Lawrence and were traced to a fault on its underground network.

0.15Significance3.0Magnitude0.1Systemic0.1Market1Articles
Location
Southern Isle of WightIsle of WightEuropeUnited KingdomEurope50.667, -1.333
Story Links
Power cuts on the Isle of Wight leave 4,500 homes without electricity - GDELT Cloud Event | GDELT Cloud