Effects
Due to the power outage, many public services and business operations were disrupted:
- suburban commuter railway services were suspended
- over 300 groups of traffic lights were off
- some hospitals were closed and left only emergency services in operations
- radio station transmitters located in the Skytower were also taken offline for a period of time
- mobile phone and telephone service failures
- people stuck in lifts in office buildings
- end of semester exams due to be held that day at local universities were postponed.
Since the central business district was without power from the morning rush hours, business operations and traffic were disrupted severely. Many businesses sent their staff home.
Read more about this topic: 2006 Auckland Blackout
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