Around 20,000 homes and 1,300 businesses were without power for more than eight hours on Tuesday. A spokesperson from power company Stromnetz Hamburg explained that cables in the ground had been damaged during construction work. The underground U1 line was also hit by the power outage. After more than eight hours, all affected households were lit up again by about 9pm on Tuesday, according to the power company. Stromnetz Hamburg told NDR that the incident was “an absolutely exception” to the norm.

Source: The Local May 31, 2017 10:07 UTC