Ghana hit by nationwide blackout as power plants fail

The massive outage has left homes, businesses and some essential services severely disrupted.

A power outage can affect heating, cooling, refrigeration, traffic signals, and medical equipment. Plan for a multi-hour outage even if restoration estimates are short.

This report is based on information from BBC World, monitored by Alert USA's verified emergency feed.

The outage may affect heating and cooling, refrigeration, traffic signals, and any equipment that depends on grid power across the affected area.

Recommended steps: treat all intersections as four-way stops; keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed; use flashlights instead of candles; check on neighbors who rely on medical equipment.

Alert USA is tracking this power outage and will update this report as verified information becomes available.

Verified by Alert USA • BBC WORLD