Odds are high you’ve seen a squirrel scampering along a power line like a tiny acrobat; its tail waving, little feet gripping, body bobbing.. This sight is so ubiquitous you likely don’t even stop to ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — More than 10,000 residents lost power Wednesday in Virginia Beach after a squirrel got into a substation, according to Dominion Energy. Although power was restored, the ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Thousands of people in one area of Nashville were without power on Monday morning — all because of a squirrel. Around 10:30 a.m., the Nashville Electric Service’s outage map ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A squirrel caused a power outage that affected 3,400 Lincoln Electric System customers Tuesday morning, according to Lincoln Fire & Rescue. Most of the outages were from North ...

WEST HAVEN, CT. (WFSB) - A squirrel caused a power outage that closed a school in West Haven Thursday. The district said that a squirrel came into contact with a power line and landed onto a ...

More than 20,000 PG&E customers were left in the dark on Easter Sunday after a squirrel caused a transmission line to deactivate in Auburn, California. More than 20,000 PG&E customers were left in the ...

SIGNAL HILL, Calif. (KABC) -- A squirrel that was jumping from one line to another created an arc and zapped out a transformer on Friday, causing a power outage in Signal Hill, police said. The power ...

Squirrels, raccoons, and birds can cause outages by interacting with high-voltage equipment in substations. These incidents can damage expensive equipment, such as transformers and circuit breakers, ...